"After two years of a relentless bombing campaign, the government caved in. On June 19, 1991, the Colombian government prohibited extradition and that same day Pablo turned himself in to the authorities. Escobar got what he wanted. Even better. He got to serve his prison term in a prison he designed himself: La Catedral. Built in Envigado at the top of a winding dirt road positioned perfectly to protect him from his enemies. At the same time, the U.S. passed a law that DEA and CIA agents could arrest drug smugglers on foreign soil and bring them back to the U.S. Escobar also chose this spot because he knew every inch of it. He camped there when he was a kid and made sure the prison had several escape routes in place in case push came to shove. "