Interview with Jorge Salcedo
Jorge was a consultant for season 3, interview is at EW.
He talks about the differences between the show and real life. There are some WTF moments regarding stuff he did in the show in episodes 9 and 10 that he clears up.
And he says the cartels in Medellin and Cali during that time would make ISIS look like a bunch of Boy Scouts.
https://moviechat.org/tt2707408/Narcos/news/AFQjCNGxgO2Z2BWi1xLoZMWElwCTlhh0Dg