The BBC is to show Killing Escobar, a documentary on a Scottish mercenary who was hired to kill the world’s most notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar.
The documentary highlights key aspects of a plot to assassinate the super-powerful Colombian drug lord in 1989.
Peter McAleese, a former paratrooper who grew up in Glasgow, is one of the main interviews in the documentary, with McAleese hired to lead a small team of ex-special forces in the bid to kill Escobar.
Told in McAleese’s own words and featuring never-seen-before footage of his Colombian mission, Killing Escobar reveals how McAleese’s early years followed by his training in the SAS and experience as a mercenary in Africa led him to take on this seemingly suicidal assignment.
Escobar was killed in 1993 by a Colombian police unit.
You can watch the trailer below - please note the trailer has some strong language.
Killing Escobar is available on BBC IPlayer now and airs on BBC Two at 9pm.
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