The real DEA agents of Netflix hit ‘Narcos’ discuss Pablo Escobar’s reign of terror

Retired DEA special agents Javier Peña and Steve Murphy are scheduled to speak Friday at City Winery.

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Courtesy of Zach Mullinax
NARCOS 1
Courtesy of Zach Mullinax

The real DEA agents of Netflix hit ‘Narcos’ discuss Pablo Escobar’s reign of terror

Retired DEA special agents Javier Peña and Steve Murphy are scheduled to speak Friday at City Winery.

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Reset talks to the retired DEA special agents who took down Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in the early 1990s. Javier Peña and Steve Murphy served as consultants on the first two seasons of the Netflix series Narcos, which follows Ecobar’s rise to power as head of the Medellin Cartel. They’re scheduled to speak Friday at City Winery.

GUESTS: Javier Peña and Steve Murphy, retired DEA special agents