Search Bloc

"Bloque de búsqueda" redirects here. For the TV series, see Bloque de búsqueda (TV series).
Members of Colonel Martinez's Search Bloc celebrate over Pablo Escobar's body on December 2, 1993. Escobar's death ended a sixteen-month effort that cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Colombian National Police
History:
History of the National Police
Jean Marie Marcelin Gilibert
Ranks
Rank insignia
Directorates:
Citizens Security
Directorate of Carabineers and Rural Security
Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol
Schools:
General Santander Academy

The Search Bloc (Spanish: Bloque de Búsqueda) is the name of three different ad hoc special operations units of the National Police of Colombia (Policía Nacional de Colombia). They were originally organized with a focus on capturing or killing highly dangerous individuals or groups of individuals.[1]

  1. ^ Killing Pablo, Mark Bowden, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84354-651-1