- César Gaviria: This is a deal with the devil.
- Julio Turbay: You are the president of a country that became a living hell some time ago. With whom else did you expect to be making a deal?
- Steve Murphy: [as narrator] Who would have thought a failed raid would result in Escobar's biggest victory? Pablo didn't even have to pull the trigger. We did it for him.
- Steve Murphy: [as narrator] There's one thing I've learned down here in Colombia, good and bad are relative concepts.
- Steve Murphy: [as narrator, about Presidente Gaviria] Bowing to Pablo's demands was political suicide. So, he did what politicians do best: he stalled. He kept our planes in the air and prayed to God we got a hit.
- Steve Murphy: [as narrator] As soon as he walked inside, Pablo would be safe. And everyone on the outside wouldn't.
- [last lines]
- Steve Murphy: [narrating] You wanna tell me a good guy wouldn't have pushed the buttons on these motherfuckers?
- [DEA opens fire on celebrating narcos]
- Steve Murphy: You wanna call me a bad guy? Fine. But if you do, it just means that you haven't met enough bad guys yet to know the difference. There's one thing I've learned down here in Colombia, good and bad are relative concepts.