ABSTRACT
This chapter provides background on Pablo Escobar and his Medellin Cartel, including how Escobar achieved notoriety and power in Colombia. It details Centra Spike, a U.S. Army signals intelligence unit that assisted the National Police of Colombia in finding Escobar and other Colombian drug lords. Although American assistance eventually led to the deaths of Escobar and other drug kingpins, it raised a number of legal and ethical challenges that are discussed in this chapter.
