Los personajes mas populares de la series Escobar el patrón del mal con sus respectivos personajes de la vida real. He was released from prison in 2014 but was recaptured just 4 years later for a slew of other crimes, including extortion.The hitman -- who once plotted the assassination of a former Colombian presidential candidate -- gained notoriety on YouTube spewing hate-filled rants and defending conservative political views. “I like to be at peace and it’s hard to remember these very painful times for Medellín and for many of our colleagues that died at that time. 8/18/2020 12:01 AM PT 8/18/2020 6:32 AM PT Velásquez complies, organizes his things and walks past the 40 or so spandex-clad, middle-aged women sprawled out on the cafe’s lawn, now holding their yoga positions awkwardly to get a glimpse of the former hitman as he retreats to the parking lot. Pablo Escobar's main hitman, simply known as 'Popeye,' has died following a battle with stomach cancer. “I have my mafia soul; this you don’t ever forget,” says Velásquez proudly. 8/18/2020 6:54 AM PT 8/17/2020 3:23 PM PT 8/18/2020 5:52 AM PT 8/18/2020 12:40 AM PT Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! During failed peace negotiations in 1984, the FARC were granted political rights and formed the leftist “If the guerrillas take the political power that [current President Juan Manuel Santos] is giving them,” says Velásquez, “I’ll head to the mountains and confront all of them with a rifle and 500 men. Medellín transferred that [experience] to film.” Velásquez is unapologetic about his past and according to him, movies and TV series about the Medellín mafia are successful because of the “magic surrounding the mafia life [the city] lived.” “Everyone says, how are you going to make a movie with a gangster like Popeye?” he says.
It will be an army of the ultra-right.” But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that there are still hearts and minds to win over in his country. “As victims of the Medellín Cartel, [Velásquez’s new TV series] is extremely tragic because [the creators] change the reality of what was really the life of [crime lords],” says Rojas. 8/18/2020 7:02 AM PT “That’s false. He claimed in a It’s unclear if Velásquez is still capable of the atrocities he committed when he worked for Escobar, but two analysts close to the Medellín underworld, who asked to remain anonymous for this story, told of whispers that Velásquez is forming alliances with criminal gangs in Medellín. Whether or not acting alone will satisfy this former hitman’s appetite for mob life also remains unclear.

He has confessed to killing upwards of 300 people in Colombia during his time working for Escobar's cartel. Under drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, John Jairo Velasquez killed over 250 people and masterminded the deaths of 3,000 more. From Escobar Hitman to YouTube Star: Meet Jhon Jairo ‘Popeye’ Velasquez Convicted of terrorism and murder, Velasquez was released from prison after 23 …

On a sunny Saturday in February, two policemen on a motorcycle stop Jhon Jairo “Popeye” Velásquez as he walks down the driveway of a dilapidated mansion near Medellin, Colombia. “I’m looking for my second chance in society [through film]. But can he move on from his hitman past? Seguramente la entrevista mas reveladora del ex jefe de sicario del Cartel de Medellin y mano derecha de Pablo Escobar Jhon Jairo Velasquez.