DUE TO THE LOCATION OF LEGACY PAINTBALL PARK - SURROUNDED BY PROTECTED WETLANDS AND PARK DISTRICT PROPERTY - ALL PLAYERS MUST USE BIO BBS ONLY! These must be sealed bags. THIS WILL BE A FIELD STANDARD!!
True History:
Pablo Escobar was arguably the Osama bin Laden of the 1980s. At the height of his power, the Medellin drug cartel which he led was arguably more powerful than the Colombian government. It had global reach, and could attempt to kill anyone that the cartel decided to remove from the picture. Yet this cartel was destroyed, and Pablo Escobar was killed in a shootout with Colombian police. It was a cat-and-mouse game that lasted for just over four years. Those who volunteered to hunt Escobar (both Colombian and American) were placing their lives at risk. Escobar killed those who would not be bribed. It got to the point where he was willing to blow up airliners just to get people he didn't trust.
At that point, the George H. W. Bush Administration declared war. The military, specifically elements of Special Operations Command, was on the way to Colombia. This included Centra Spike, a signals-intelligence unit that began to develop the network of the Medellin cartel. As Centra Spike identified targets, the information was passed on to the Colombians. Eventually, the heat reached the point where Pablo Escobar turned himself in. The period of his incarceration shows how much of a mistake it is to make deals with people like Escobar, he used homing pigeons to stay in contact with his cartel (until his escape from prison), and he was able to regroup.
By the autumn of 1993, Pablo Escobar was in bad shape. His lifelong, fabulously wealthy organization had been dismantled and terrorized by the vigilantes of Los Pepes. On December 2, 1993, Colonel Martinez's Search Bloc cornered Escobar on a rooftop, opened fire, and killed the drug kingpin. Pablo's death ended a fifteen-month effort that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. It was the deathblow to the MedellÌn cartel.
It's 1986, welcome to Columbia! In the 80's, over 70% of the worlds cocaine supply came from Columbia. Over 2/3rds of the cocaine refined during that time in Columbia was handled by the Medellin cartel and their leader, Pablo Escobar. Pablo Escobar was one of the most powerful, wanted, and feared men while he was head of the Medellin cartel. When he was arrested and jailed in Columbia for drug exporting, he paid off the Columbian government and they let him build his own private jail dubbed "The Ranch" in the hills of Columbia were he was to serve his prison sentence. He was one of the FBI's ten most wanted for the last 10 years of his life.
Today we are taking you back to the height of Escobar's carrier. You will have the option to play as either a Medellin cartel member, a member of a smaller rival gang, a Columbian police officer, or a "Los Pepes" guerrilla, a group of brutal vigilantes. You will get your chance to stand by and fight next to Pablo Escobar, or try to take him down, you will have the ability to buy and sell drugs, or arrest those who are doing so.
Location:
Legacy Paintball and Airsoft Park
Click here for directions
When
Sunday, June 30th
Price:
30.00 per player
Timetables:
Registration/Cronograph: 0900
Game/Saftey Briefing: 1000
Game Over, Pack up, and Game Debrief: 1730
True History:
Pablo Escobar was arguably the Osama bin Laden of the 1980s. At the height of his power, the Medellin drug cartel which he led was arguably more powerful than the Colombian government. It had global reach, and could attempt to kill anyone that the cartel decided to remove from the picture. Yet this cartel was destroyed, and Pablo Escobar was killed in a shootout with Colombian police. It was a cat-and-mouse game that lasted for just over four years. Those who volunteered to hunt Escobar (both Colombian and American) were placing their lives at risk. Escobar killed those who would not be bribed. It got to the point where he was willing to blow up airliners just to get people he didn't trust.
At that point, the George H. W. Bush Administration declared war. The military, specifically elements of Special Operations Command, was on the way to Colombia. This included Centra Spike, a signals-intelligence unit that began to develop the network of the Medellin cartel. As Centra Spike identified targets, the information was passed on to the Colombians. Eventually, the heat reached the point where Pablo Escobar turned himself in. The period of his incarceration shows how much of a mistake it is to make deals with people like Escobar, he used homing pigeons to stay in contact with his cartel (until his escape from prison), and he was able to regroup.
By the autumn of 1993, Pablo Escobar was in bad shape. His lifelong, fabulously wealthy organization had been dismantled and terrorized by the vigilantes of Los Pepes. On December 2, 1993, Colonel Martinez's Search Bloc cornered Escobar on a rooftop, opened fire, and killed the drug kingpin. Pablo's death ended a fifteen-month effort that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. It was the deathblow to the MedellÌn cartel.
It's 1986, welcome to Columbia! In the 80's, over 70% of the worlds cocaine supply came from Columbia. Over 2/3rds of the cocaine refined during that time in Columbia was handled by the Medellin cartel and their leader, Pablo Escobar. Pablo Escobar was one of the most powerful, wanted, and feared men while he was head of the Medellin cartel. When he was arrested and jailed in Columbia for drug exporting, he paid off the Columbian government and they let him build his own private jail dubbed "The Ranch" in the hills of Columbia were he was to serve his prison sentence. He was one of the FBI's ten most wanted for the last 10 years of his life.
Today we are taking you back to the height of Escobar's carrier. You will have the option to play as either a Medellin cartel member, a member of a smaller rival gang, a Columbian police officer, or a "Los Pepes" guerrilla, a group of brutal vigilantes. You will get your chance to stand by and fight next to Pablo Escobar, or try to take him down, you will have the ability to buy and sell drugs, or arrest those who are doing so.
Location:
Legacy Paintball and Airsoft Park
Click here for directions
When
Sunday, June 30th
Price:
30.00 per player
Timetables:
Registration/Cronograph: 0900
Game/Saftey Briefing: 1000
Game Over, Pack up, and Game Debrief: 1730
