Surviving Pablo Escobar: "Popeye" The Hitman 23 years and 3 months in prison

by Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez

Overview

I've begged God for forgiveness, but I won't know till the day I die if He has truly forgiven me … I've paid my dues to society by serving my long sentence, but perhaps I haven't earned His indulgence … Oh my God, I've lived so many different lives! I survived Pablo Escobar Gaviria, El Patrón (The Boss), and it was the strength of his indomitable spirit that kept me going all these years; I don't quite know how or why. I still feel his presence every day of my existence. The Medellin cartel's crimes weigh as heavily on my shoulders today as they did yesterday. My youth, wasted in crime, became the sword that now hangs over my graying head. To the world, I'll always be known by my alias, Popeye, the fearsome hitman of the Medellin cartel, Pablo Escobar Gaviria's right-hand man … How can I make you understand I'm a new man … that twenty-three years behind bars in that hellhole have transformed the person I once was. Now the freedom I yearned for is vanishing in the murderous hands of my enemies. Perhaps fate has extended my life only to toy with me by preparing my own dying moments. I survived in captivity but I don't know if I'll be able to live in freedom … A prisoner of my own mind, I'll try to fight to find some peace … It's very cold … now it's August 2014. I'm one step from freedom and I'm still breathing … still here in this dimly lit cell in the maximum security prison in Cómbita, Boyacá.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789588243511
Publisher:	Ediciones y Distribuciones Dipon Ltda.
Publication date:	05/03/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, también conocido con el alias Popeye1​ (Yarumal, 15 de abril de 1962-Bogotá, 6 de febrero de 2020), fue un sicario colombiano que formó parte de la estructura criminal del Cartel de Medellín hasta su entrega en 1992 a la justicia de su país. Frecuentemente señalado por los medios de comunicación Colombianos como "Jefe de Sicarios" o "Mano Derecha" de Pablo Escobar, se ha podido constatar, después de décadas de reconstrucción histórica, que era un mando medio o jefe de grupos sicariales, y era uno de los miembros del grupo personal de seguridad de Pablo Escobar, jefe de la organización criminal autodenominada Los Extraditables. También fue Youtuber y su canal "Popeye_Arrepentido" llegó a tener más de 1.500.000 de suscriptores, su contenido principal era contar su versión histórica de los hechos acaecidos en relación a su actividad criminal al interior del Cártel de Medellín, así como su incursión en proselitismo social y político.

Table of Contents

I Leaving Pablo Escobar II A New Life III Murder Plot in Cómbita IV Living with the Rodríguez Orejuela Brothers V Pablo Escobar Was Right VI Corporal Aneida VII Extraditables and Paramilitares VIII A Convict's Birthday IX Chapatín's Thong X "El Limbo de Los Locos" XI For a Telephone Card XII Carlos Castaño XIII Tear Gas in Cómbita XIV Blood Orgy XV La Modelo Prison XVI "The Monster of the Andes" in La Modelo XVII Commander Bochica …. a Total Fraud XVIII Cuban Santería in La Modelo XIX The Homemade Hot Tub XX Back to La Modelo XXI The Mafia Takes over the Prisons XXII In La Modelo I Forgot about the War XXIII A Passionate Manicurist XXIV Winds of War in La Modelo XXV Romance between Miss Colombia and a Guerrilla Commander XXVI The Law of Silence XXVII Burying the Soul XXVIII Carlos Castaño's Brother-in-Law Escapes from La Modelo XXIX As Innocent as Doves, as Shrewd as Snakes XXX Let Nothing Disturb You, Let Nothing Frighten You, All Things Are Passing XXXI A Journalist's Bitter Experience XXXII From Valledupar to Bogota: Another Life XXXIII The Receptions Yard XXXIV Piraña: Colombian-Mexican Drug Trafficker XXXV The Arrival of Don Berna and Macaco XXXVI Macaco's Extradition XXXVII Receptions: Waiting Room for Extradition XXXVIII El Mellizo to Cómbita for Extradition XXXIX A Powerful Man Is One Who Forgives His Enemy XL An Uncomfortable Witness against Hugo Chávez