Like Father Like Son
Colonel Martinez's son Hugo was the expert as using the technology that pinpointed Escobar's location based on his radio frequency. It was 1993. No smartphones. No check-ins. This was an art and Hugo Martinez was the man although, the Search Bloc didn't feel that way. For over a year, there were many failed attempts at finding Escobar. Most of the police felt that Hugo was a joke and his location gadgets were useless. In fact, they started making fun of him to the point where his father assigned him back to being with a small crew in an unmarked white van driving the streets and listening for signals. Hugo's father was convinced the technology was the only way to catch Escobar so in an effort to give his son some confidence he sent him on a mission to listen in on another drug dealer, Juan Camilo Zapata. He was flamboyant and talked on the phone frequently. He didn't think he would have someone listening in with the Pablo hunt going on so catching him was relatively easy, but it was the confidence Hugo needed to continue. Shortly after that, Colonel Martinez's son was able to trace the calls Pablo was having with his own son. In the end, the hunt for Pablo came down to the children of the Search Bloc leader and drug kingpin.