- Javier Peña: [narrating] Things don't always go according to plan. You can use every hope and prayer you have, take your shot, and everything still goes to shit. And when that happens, it's almost like you never had a plan at all. That's when people get desperate. And things get dangerous.
- [first lines]
- Javier Peña: [narrating] The Cali cartel is an almost-perfect organism. Even though we had cut off its head, the body kept right on going, making and selling cocaine. They stuck to the plan. And for a long time, that plan had worked for them.
- Javier Peña: But no plan is perfect. Especially when you deal with a substance as volatile as cocaine. At some point you're gonna make a mistake. And your enemies are watching and waiting. They're gonna see your weakness and make a move. See, that's the thing about plans. No matter how perfect you think they are, however brilliant or audacious they may be,
- [large explosion and fire]
- Javier Peña: well, they can still go to shit when that one thing goes wrong.
- David Rodriguez: How come none of your men carry fucking guns? Huh?
- Jorge Salcedo: Because we use our walkies if we have a problem.
- David Rodriguez: For what? To say goodbye when you're getting clipped?
- [last lines]
- Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela: Their intentions were clear. They saw us as vulnerable without Gilberto. Weak, with me in charge. They are trying to destroy us. Take what's ours. I... All of us know there's only one appropriate response to this. One way to react against these people who want to take everything from us, what we've worked so hard to build. War.
- Chepe Santacruz Londoño: This is Gilberto's decision?
- Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela: It's mine.
- Javier Peña: [narrating] Now why would a Cali godfather come out of hiding and risk getting captured? Because what good is being the king if nobody knows it? The biggest thing to come out of Cali wasn't cocaine. It was salsa.