Gunning For Max
As Pablo Escobar went to extreme measures to kill Max Mermelstein, the U.S. Government went to extreme measures to protect him. So much so, that Gerald Shur, creator of The Federal Witness Protection Program, went into hiding in his own program after the F.B.I. arrested a German assassin who confessed he was contracted by Escobar to kidnap Shur's wife in exchange for Max Mermelstein's whereabouts. Gerald Shur and his wife, Miriam, were forced into hiding for a year and a half until Escobar's death.
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