Airdate: Finding Escobar’s Millions

Discovery will debut Finding Escobar’s Millions next month, as two former CIA operatives infiltrate communes in Medellín, Colombia, on a hunt for Pablo Escobar’s buried fortune.

This launches with a double episode.

Pablo Escobar, Colombia’s most infamous drug lord, rose from a mere cocaine dealer to running the Medellín Cartel; a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse in the narcotics market. While Escobar spent much of his money on luxury items and properties around the world, he also buried masses of his fortune all over Colombia. Urban legends have led many to believe a vast majority of it has never been found. With never-before-granted access and support from the Colombian government, Finding Escobar’s Millions follows two former intelligence officers on a 45-day mission to uncover a potential fortune.

Armed with the skills and training from ten years of service in the CIA, Doug Laux and Ben Smith are on the hunt for the drug lord’s alleged hidden treasure. The former CIA operations officers, who served multiple tours throughout the Middle East, use their elite skillset along with the latest advancement in ground-penetrating radar, to hunt down the illicit profits of Escobar’s drug war and solve the mystery once and for all. Never has there been a search of this scope or magnitude.

Working with the original DEA agents that handled the Escobar case, Doug and Ben set out to infiltrate the infamous drug lord’s inner circle, heading to some of the country’s most volatile and dangerous spots in search of the cash. Their operation uses numerous inside sources and the clues Escobar left behind to scour Columbia.

Will the two former operatives uncover Escobar’s fortune and solve a 24-year-old mystery, or will they come up empty-handed?

Thursdays from 19 April at 8:30pm on Discovery.