If there were a hall of fame for criminals, it would have to include notorious Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.Escobar made billions making and selling cocaine. He used that money to buy a sprawling estate with elephants and zebras, but also spent it on houses, schools and hospitals for the poor, as well as a successful bid for Congress in Colombia. He was a ruthless killer who once bombed an airliner and was responsible for the deaths of thousands of police officers, government officials and innocent civilians. The drug kingpin was tracked down and killed by Colombian police in 1993.The Netflix series Narcos — which is anchored by a widely-praised performance from Wagner Moura as Escobar — tells the stories of Escobar and the police and public officials who hunted him, including two American DEA agents, Steve Murphy and Javier Peña. Eric Newman, the show's executive producer, spent years researching the story and putting the series together. He tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies that
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