Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord — Season 1, Episode 8: Pablo Escobar wants to be a member of the Congress of the republic

Episode synopsis

After receiving the proposal from Javier Ortiz, Escobar gets it into his head to achieve political power in the honorable Congress of the Republic of Colombia. Will his family agree?

About Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord

Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Enelia gives her first advice to Pablo
• E2Pablo begins to play with candela
• E3Pablo Escobar escapes from jail
• E4Pablo surrenders to the authorities
• E5Pablo and Gonzalo inaugurate the 'Napoles' farm
• E6A new armed force is born
• E7Pablo Escobar has his first encounter with politics
• E9Paty almost discovered Pablo's adventures
• E10Escobar makes his foray into politics easier
• E11Regina Parejo appears in the life of Pablo Escobar
• E12Escobar is elected as 'honorable' representative to the House
• E13Escobar seeks to be the 'Creole Robin Hood'