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A Basingstoke man has recounted his two attempts to kill the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar as part of a new documentary. Dave Tomkins is one of the subjects of the film Killing Escobar, featuring the tale of attempts to kill the eponymous criminal who controlled the illegal trade of cocaine in the USA in the 1980s. The now 80-year-old was involved in two attempts to kill Escobar after being offered millions for the job. In a trailer for Killing Escobar, he recounts the moment he was asked to assassinate the drug kingpin. He said: “They said, David, bring me back Escobar’s head and I’ll give you £1 million for him.”
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BBC News By Steven Brocklehurst image captionPeter McAleese was a mercenary in conflicts such as Rhodesia In 1989 a team of British mercenaries, led by Scotsman Peter McAleese, travelled to the criminal empire of the world's most dangerous man in order to assassinate him. Pablo Escobar was the leader of the Medellin drugs cartel in Colombia and one of the wealthiest villains in history. He was the biggest manufacturer and distributor of cocaine in the world, responsible for as much as 80% of the global trade in the drug at that time. Ex-SAS operative McAleese was recruited by a rival Colombian cartel to take out Escobar.
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