The U.S. government also sent a highly-skilled communications team to support the search bloc to the Carlos Holguin base in Medellin. Pena and I were the only Americans allowed to leave the base to develop informants and gather intelligence in support of the search for Pablo Escobar. I’m pictured at the far left with a Galil automatic rifle strapped over my right shoulder. Pictured with me is the CNP team that backed me up when I went off base.