Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord

Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord
Title card
Escobar: El Patrón del Mal
GenreDrama
Historical series
Telenovela
Created byJuana Uribe
Camilo Cano
Gabriel Klement
Based onLa parábola de Pablo
by Alonso Salazar
Written byJuan Camilo Ferrand
Directed byCarlos Moreno
Laura Mora
StarringAndrés Parra
Angie Cepeda
Cecilia Navia
Vicky Hernández
Christian Tappan
Rodrigo Silva
Tommy Vásquez
Toto Vega
Nicolás Montero
Marcela Gallego
Ernesto Benjumea
Diana Hoyos
Susana Torres
César Mora
Germán Quintero
Helena Mallarino
Juan Carlos Arango
Alejandro Martínez
Julio Pachón
Anderson Ballesteros
Country of originColombia
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes113 (Caracol)
74 (international)
Production
ProducersJuana Uribe
Camilo Cano
Gabriel Klement
Production locationColombia
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time25 minutes
43 minutes (international)
Production companyCaracol TV
Original release
NetworkCaracol TV
ReleaseMay 28 (2012-05-28) 
November 19, 2012 (2012-11-19)

Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (international title: Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord; also known as Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal) is a 2012 Colombian biographical TV series produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, based on a true story about the life of Pablo Escobar – the notorious druglord.