Colombia today is a country still recovering from the era of instability in which Escobar thrived. His death led to a fragmentation of the Medellín cartel, allowing the rival Calí cartel to achieve dominance, before power shifted to Mexican cartels in the Nineties. The communist guerilla groups and their Right-wing counterparts that for decades controlled large parts of the Colombian interior have come to the negotiating table. What used to be a dangerous place to visit has a new air of optimism. When I visited during filming, it felt safe. Strolling through the monumental Bolívar Square in the heart of Bogotá, it was hard to believe that the siege of the Palace of Justice by the Left-wing M-19 guerilla group (allegedly paid $1m by Escobar to destroy records that could be used against him in extradition hearings) in which 25 Supreme Court judges were killed, happened less than 30 years ago.