A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
THE FOLLOWING IS A FICTIONAL STORY INSPIRED BY
SURVIVING ESCOBAR BY JOHN JAIRO VELÁSQUEZ VÁSQUEZ.
CHARACTERS AND SITUATIONS HAVE BEEN ALTERED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
CAPITAL PRISON
PARAMILITARY CELLBLOCK
Who was the son of a bitch?
Who else knew?
Gonzaga and El Ruso were there.
There you go.
No, I don't think they’d be so stupid.
However, we must control them.
And after that?
"After that," what?
Hey, isn't there a tunnel under the guerrilla cellblock?
Would you like a cigarette?
Well, that's what they say.
But it's really hard to get there. It could even be deadly.
Look, bro.
I can't stay in this prison any longer, and you know it.
Those people are digging for information.
They'll find out I'm Castañeda's brother-in-law.
Shut your mouth. Jeez.
Walls have ears.
Well, I hope you're all listening!
I want you to know that we will find the snitch!
Yes, sir.
- We said three. - Done.
Ay, my foot hurts really bad.
I know, we're going to the hospital. Everything will be fine.
We can't stay here, Mother.
I can't put my foot down, Alexandra!
Use me as support.
Do it. Be careful, be careful.
Mom, I swear that everything will be fine.
We're almost there.
Be careful. Ay, Mom, forgive me.
Lean here against these bars.
Give me one second, just one.
Sir, please, we need help.
Sir!
Please!
Stop!
Mom, wait. Please.
Please, please!
Alexandra.
Are you trying to get yourself killed?
Help my mom! She is losing blood. I beg you, stop.
Help me!
Please!
We got this, we do.
It's over, it is.
What happened?
Please, we must go to a hospital quickly.
She is losing a lot of blood.
I know it hurts.
Let me help you.
Nice and easy, let's go.
Be careful.
Let's see. Where are they?
I checked around the condo, sergeant.
I couldn't find anything.
Stay there.
Mrs. Rosa.
Alexandra.
Fuck!
Attention, unit two.
The women in the safe house escaped.
Castellanos and López.
I need you at the Geranios building.
We must secure the perimeter.
I am glad those rats couldn't finish what they were doing.
Yes, but that's another subject, we're here to discuss deals.
I've been talking to my people.
We ran some numbers, and you know what?
We will accept your conditions.
What about the one hundred million pesos?
The hundred million?
Where should I to put them?
Okay, I'll give them to your people outside.
Under one condition...
You must kill J.J. and Potro, dude.
As soon as my people confirm that they received the money,
count on that operation.
Do you want to know something?
This is why I like to do business with people like you.
How are you feeling? Wake up. We're here.
Okay.
Let's go, Mom.
Come with me. Just try. That's right.
Be careful.
We're here, we're here.
- We're here. - My God, Alexandra.
The fall hit me pretty hard.
Mom, I know. This is your final task. They're going to help you.
Ay, watch your step. Be careful.
That way.
Calm down, we're here now.
Everything will be fine.
Hey, hey!
There's nobody in here?
Hey, help! We need a doctor!
What the fuck! We need a doctor!
Calm down, calm down.
Hey!
Finally!
Be careful. Be careful!
Careful.
Who's going to treat her? You have to help her.
Just tell me, how do you feel?
Answer me.
You're a strong woman.
Where did that strength go?
Hey, let me through!
I can't let you in.
Calm down, okay?
What insurance does she have?
Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it.
That's not the way it works. Please...
Go to the front desk. They'll help you.
Sorry I can't be of more assistance...
- but I have to go now. - Go, go.
May God bless you, okay?
Hey.
Miss.
- Who can give me some patient information? - Calm down, ma'am.
What's the name of the patient?
I don't know.
Did you come with her?
I found her on the street. I don't know her name.
I'll register her as Jane Doe,
and as soon as her relatives come, we will report her.
Okay?
Calm down.
PARAMILITARY CELLBLOCK
Mr. Abel, how are you?
I'll clean the dining room later, okay?
Very well.
Snitch.
Mr. Abel. Listen to me, Mr. Abel.
- Please. - What?
I ain't no snitch.
- You're not? - It's cold, Mr. Abel.
You know who I am!
One of them must be wounded.
We already started to look in the nearby hospitals,
but we found nothing.
You checked the local health centers, the public hospitals?
All. We're checking each of them off the list.
What time did they escape?
Between 10 and 11 at night.
Right after you left, Ramos.
I see you came here to use your techniques.
I came to see if I could get info, but it was useless.
Look, Ramos.
I would like to know what kind of technique you’re employing here.
A pregnant woman and her mother choosing
to jump out of a second story window means you did something to them, no?
Look, Durán. I am not questioning your methods.
So please, do not question mine.
We are not fools here, Ramos.
I see that now.
Sorry to interrupt.
Sir, look. This is a list of all the hospitals in the area.
What you asked for.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
Let's go!
The only way that J.J. had to access
any power at the paramilitary cellblock
was to become the mastermind behind 3H's escape.
And to ensure this,
he had to make sure that any escape plan
that didn't come from him failed.
And that's how he did it.
Under the table, he managed the escape.
He took advantage of the guards killing Robledo
to mess around in his cell.
With some cheese, like that.
But really warm, that's how I like it.
Especially on a day like this.
You have to take me to the infirmary.
Are you stupid, or what?
Who told you that we're here to take orders from you?
Look, friend, let me tell you...
Even the president needs me alive.
Because I know a lot of secrets. You feel me?
So you better open up. It's in your best interest.
It was pretty strange
for a character like J.J. to have that amount of information
revealing a lot of the crimes happening in the country.
He knew the truth.
Our truth.
And the truth of the many dead.
That's why, in a way, the State was protecting him.
However,
his life in prison didn't secure him any kind of immunity
because the law was enforced in every cellblock.
And there, the prison guards couldn't really do anything.
Yes.
- He's about to enter, Boss. - Wait here, Suárez.
- How's everything, Mr. Abel? - Gonzaga, how are you?
I am fine, yes, sir.
Go ahead.
What do you think you're doing? Open the door.
Hey, open it! Hey!
Gonzaga, calm down.
There's no need to scream. Don't worry.
Don't be scared.
Nothing will happen to you.
The only thing I need
is some information.
Start talking.
Nobody is coming to save you. Everything is all set.
Talk.
Mr. Abel, I swear that I...
I didn't rat you out on that job.
Gonzaga,
a shot in the balls won't kill anyone,
but it will hurt like a bitch.
No, no.
I swear that it wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
No, no.
- You going to get yourself killed? - No, sir, no.
Fine then, start talking, come on.
Look... There's a letter.
It's just a letter.
See that? You did have some valuable information.
Look, what happened was someone
went in the guard's locker rooms
and left a note.
It was a message. A little message on a piece of paper.
Okay, and whom do you think it was from?
From J.J.
You know that I ain't no crook.
Come on bastard, move.
What are you waiting for?
Very funny, you fool.
Who did this to you?
I don't know. They robbed me in the cell.
- Did you see their faces? - No, he had a t-shirt around his head.
Let me get the nurse.
Parra.
Tell Pineda that I need to talk to her.
There he is.
Who knows how he got himself scratched up like that?
Did you get the tetanus vaccine?
Doctor, I am not even baptized.
Just sew up the wound.
Miss, get me...
the tetanus vaccine, and we will stitch him up.
No, sir. I haven't seen her.
- No, sir. - No.
No, sir.
Good afternoon. Have you seen this person?
No.
- Have you seen this woman? - No.
Afternoon. My friend, have you seen this person?
No, I've no clue.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
- No. - Are you sure?
Good afternoon. Have any of you seen this person?
- No, sir. - No, sir. I haven't seen her.
- You sure? - Yes, I haven't seen her.
Shit.
Do you have any news?
Ay, ma'am, so good to see you.
- I have good news. - How is she doing?
The lady is feeling much better.
Her vital signs have been stabilized.
She woke up.
Well, I am so glad. Can I see her?
No, not yet.
She is still sedated and we have to wait until the swelling comes down.
You'll do what you have to, right?
The problem is that we don't have
the necessary equipment here to perform a final test.
So?
You have to take her to a different hospital.
And the ambulance departs in 15 minutes.
- But I can go with her, right? - I don't think that's a problem.
Ah, okay.
- Excuse me. - Thanks.
Ay, wait.
Can I use your phone to make a call to Bogotá?
- The phone is only for local calls. - Only for local calls?
And is there a phone I can use nearby? It’s pretty urgent.
No.
- Excuse me. - Oh, well. Thanks.
You're welcome.
We are looking for this person.
- Are you sure? - No, sir.
INTENSIVE CARE
CAPITAL PRISON
PARAMILITARY CELLBLOCK
Let's go, dummy.
- Walk! - What's going on?
Shut up, bastard.
- Okay, easy. - Shut up, I'm telling you.
- Where are you taking me? - Shut up, man.
My friend, look,
if there's something I really hate it's dishonesty and thieves.
You kept the boss's money.
What money?
This is called the mafia...
And he who screws up, dies, son of a bitch, hear me?
This is called the mafia.
And he who screws up dies for being a son of a bitch.
It's one thing to talk about the Devil.
And another to have him in front of you, okay?
You have such bad luck, no?
Urrego in the other cellblock.
And now they're messing with you in this one.
But it's nothing serious, Mr. Abel.
I heard that you were wandering around a place you shouldn't have.
I have no reason to stab you all in the back.
There are plenty of reasons to kill someone.
You know this very well, having been raised in the streets.
With all due respect, why do you think I'm still alive?
Because I don't bite the hand of those who feed me.
So what about the messages in the guard's locker room?
Plenty of inmates here who move freely between cellblocks.
Either you tell me who ratted us out, or I kill you here right now.
If you're going to kill me, go right ahead.
But be careful, your enemy will still be here.
Because I hear gossip as well.
They're saying the guerrillas paid ten million to sabotage your escape.
They're also saying they paid you.
No, sir. The guard Gonzaga.
And I am sure he was the one who ratted you out.
Because who else would he blame? The hitman that just arrived, right?
Mother, can you hear me?
We must leave this place now.
We must leave.
Everything will be fine.
I told you there's no one here with that last name.
Anyone here with this face?
Yes, I do know her.
She was here yesterday with a woman who's under analysis right now.
A Jane Doe.
- And she is in...? - Intensive care, to the left.
Okay, perfect. Thanks.
You cannot go in there, gentleman.
Gentleman, you can't go in. Please.
You must go now.
This is a place for the sick. Have some respect, please.
- I was waiting for you, Doctor. - No, one moment, sir.
Isn't she the one with the brain injury?
Yes.
- That's her. - Let me help you.
Ay, thanks.
Help me down there.
Let me see her medical history.
And the patient's referral.
Ay, what a fool.
Help me.
Can you believe that I left the paperwork at the front desk?
Really?
Can you please go and get it?
I have this... Ay.
I recently had knee surgery and this is making it worse.
I'll help.
Where did you say you left it?
At the front desk.
- One second. Be right back. - Thank you. How kind.
Let's see, my God, how do I start this thing?
Ay, son of a bitch.
Ay, ay, ay.
Let's go.
Gentleman, please.
This is a hospital with patients everywhere.
Help me, please. You must leave.
I'll show you the exit.
My ambulance was stolen.
Cardona. Quick, man. My ambulance was stolen.
- What happened? - A young lady with a wounded woman.
Call the cops, quickly.
Get out, now, please.
Iron One, calling Central.
CAPITAL PRISON
I don't know about that, Díaz.
Are you trying to get revenge on the guards
because we stopped you from escaping?
Look, Clemente.
I’m just fulfilling my duty by telling you.
Your guard, Gonzaga, is taking money from the Guerrillas.
Find something to do with that piece of information.
Who was it?
A note in your CV, and this will be confiscated, sir.
- Gonzaga. - Sir.
Finally a well-organized locker, gentleman.
Congratulations.
Let's see...
And since when do you get paid in dollars, sir?
Commander, I am very grateful. Thank you for trusting me.
If you'd let me, I can tell you a way to get out of here
in case any of you are interested, all right?
Where is the button to turn this off?
Mom.
Mom, hey, don't fall asleep.
Hey, Mom.
Don't fall asleep, okay?
Come on, you're strong. You can do it.
We're doing good. We're good.
And that is your wonderful plan?
Well, sir, I think it's a great idea.
Don't you think it's a bit risky?
My friend, that's why it’s going to work.
Because nobody will expect it.
That doesn't really convince me.
How many times was I cornered while with the Boss?
Do the math.
And that was insane. Everybody was there.
I was always in charge, and we always escaped.
I know what I am talking about.
If we're doing this, we have to do it now.
We have to move because visits start in an hour, you feel me?
Look, J.J.
We must get 3H out of here no matter what.
But understand that the debt you have is with me,
and you must pay it, do you understand?
Yes, sir, no problem.
Mr. Abel Mahecha, how is it going?
Commando.
Just letting you know this afternoon we will start planning our guy's escape.
I hope it's real this time,
not like that time in the tunnel. If it is, then we're good.
You know that I am a man of my word, sir.
Do me a favor.
I need you to take care
of the snitch that fucked up the tunnel operation.
And send him back to me in little pieces.
Don't worry, sir. That job is done.
Talk to you later.
Bráyatan, pick up the phone, love.
This brat never listens.
Baby, why don't you do what I ask, love?
Hello?
What's up, love? We're about to leave.
Look, love. That's why I am calling.
It's better for you to not come today.
What do you mean, Abel? I'm ready.
And I have this kid who wants to see you.
I know, but it's best you don't come today.
And why can't I go, Abel?
Ah? Say it.
You don't want me there, am I right?
Look, Victoria, don't be jealous. Is not about that, love.
What is it then?
Victoria, I'll tell you later, okay?
It's a security matter.
Love, you know that I am always thinking of you and the boy.
Yeah, of course you are.
He's up to something. I'm going to find out what.
Let's go, love.
Sad that I can't go? Right...
Let's go.
Twenty-five, Central.
Yes, Central. Copy.
We got reports from 3-0-4 of an ambulance
that matched your description.
What's the QTH?
The airport towards La Ceja, sir.
Roger that.
To all units, the operation is starting.
Ambulance via La Ceja.
I repeat.
Ambulance via La Ceja.
Ay.
Mom, can you hear me?
I need you to stand up.
We have to go now. The cops are following us, please.
Rosa.
Rosa, please. Mom, please.
Ay, fuck!
I'm sure they will take you to a hospital.
I'll find you, okay?
I swear that I'll find you.
I can't stay here. Forgive me.
Forgive me, okay?
Forgive me, Mom.
Shit!
The Prison Administration would like to inform all adults
that you'll need a photo ID in hand to enter, please.
Today's visits will be from noon to 6 p.m.
We would also like to inform you that any package you bring in
will be inspected thoroughly by security personnel.
My people outside just confirmed
that they received the hundred million pesos we agreed upon.
The Revolution is grateful to you.
Leave me out of the Revolution part of it.
This is a simple deal, and you still have your part to do.
That operation will be executed today.
Since we have visitors today, it will be easier.
Attention, this is the police.
Exit the vehicle with your hands up.
Central, Iron Two here.
We found the vehicle
with a wounded person inside.
And where is Alexandra?
I repeat, a wounded person inside.
Okay, don't just stay there. Keep looking.
Roger that. Five, five.
Give it, give it, hurry up. Secure the weapons, Commander.
PARAMILITARY CELLBLOCK
Move, move.
Secure them, secure them.
Take this, sir.
Secure it.
What's up, love?
Beautiful. Talk to the guards. Ask them to let you in.
Thank you.
My love!
Have you missed me?
My love, you have no idea.
Did you bring what I asked?
Of course, why else are we here?
Let's go to the cell.
Let's go.
Let's get the party started, Duván.
Come on!
Full speed. Full speed ahead!
Attention, there's a riot in Cellblock Two.
There's shooting everywhere.
Go to your emergency locations.
I repeat: Go to your emergency locations.
Let's see.
Don't move, don't move!
The table, the table!
Cover it. Secure the door.
The women to the bathroom!
All women to the bathroom!
Plant yourselves.
Plant. Commander, let's go.
Move, move, move.
Move it, Commander, move it.
Move it, Commander.
These paramilitary fuckers are plotting something.
We must be alert, alert at all times.
Hey! Women, to this side. To this side.
Calm down. Nothing is going to happen.
To this side.
And nobody shoots until I say so.
Come on, get them in there.
Calm down. Don't scream. Nothing is going to happen to you.
Let's go, let's go.
Sir, these people have hostages.
I'm asking permission to take back cellblock.
Don't be an idiot, Díaz.
You have to distract them,
talk to them while I get the police. Don't be an idiot.
Understood, sir.
We need you to release the hostages,
to clear the doors,
and to give up your weapons.
We won't retaliate. I repeat:
we won't retaliate.
We have more than 30 hostages, Lieutenant.
Back off, or we will shoot them all!
Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon. - Hi, how are you?
Please do me a favor.
May I please use your phone?
And what happened to you?
Nothing.
- Can I use it for just one second? - Don't take long.
Thank you so much.
Where is Alexandra?
Where is my daughter?
She left you behind in the ambulance.
And where did she go?
After John Jairo.
We need to talk, Mrs. Rosa.
Haven't you had enough?
Quickly, quickly.
Please evacuate, quickly, evacuate.
What happened?
What happened here?
For God's sake, what's going on?
They just told us that the paramilitary took control of the prison.
What do you mean?
Reinaldo, take the kid to the car. Come for me afterwards.
I need...
How is my husband?
There's been a riot. Please cooperate.
- Tell me! - Cooperate.
I need to know... Don't touch me!
Don't touch me!
I need information about my husband!
We don't know anything.
- Move, move. - I'm coming, I'm coming.
And don't you have to remove that bruise?
I am at your service whenever you want, love.
Okay, try this one first.
This is perfect for you, love.
I just hope this works.
This will work, I'm telling you.
I'd get the mail for the Boss and we were at war.
I made it work.
You have nice boobs. Stop by my cell before you leave, alright?
Move faster.
Release the hostages or we will come in.
The prisoners from Cellblock Number Two
demand that you treat us with dignity.
We need another phone,
hot water,
longer hours in the cellblock,
decent food.