NAVY SEALS: UNTOLD STORIES (COLUMBIA) PART 2 OF 3
The war against Escobar ended on December 2, 1993, as he tried to elude the Search Bloc one more time. Using radio triangulation technology provided as part of the United States efforts, a Colombian electronic surveillance team found him hiding in a middle-class barrio in Medellín. A shootout between Escobar and the Search Bloc personnel ensued.
Accordingly, how Escobar was killed during the confrontation has been debated, but it is known that he was cornered on the rooftops of Medellín and suffered gunshots to the leg, back, and the fatal one behind his ear. It has never been proven who actually fired the final shot into Pablo's head, whether this shot was made during the gunfight or as part of possible execution, and there is wide speculation about the subject.
After Escobar's death, the Medellín Cartel fragmented and the cocaine market soon became dominated by the rival Cali Cartel, until the mid-1990s when its leaders, too, were either killed or captured by the government.
The Robin Hood image that he had cultivated continued to have lasting influence in Medellín, as many there, especially those among the poor that he had aided while in life, lamented his death.
