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Jhon Jairo Velásquez(1962-2020)

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Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez (Born April 15, 1962) also known by the alias "Popeye", is a former hitman (sicario) that was part of the criminal structure of the Medellin Cartel until his surrender to the Colombian justice system in 1992. Within this structure he was a lieutenant commanding half of the sicarios. He was one of the members of the inner circle of Pablo Escobar, the head of the criminal organization calling itself The Extraditables. He served a sentence of 23 years and is now a YouTuber.

"Popeye" was portrayed as "El Marino" in the hit Colombian Telenovela Pablo Escobar, le patron du mal (2012) but he was omitted in the Netflix series Narcos (2015).
BornApril 15, 1962
DiedFebruary 6, 2020(57)
BornApril 15, 1962
DiedFebruary 6, 2020(57)
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Gastón Velandia, Jairo Soto, Constanza Camelo, Johanna Carmelina Caicedo Rodriguez, Camilo Carvajal, and Felipe Rojas in Tu corazón será mío (2018)
Tu corazón será mío
TV Series
  • Apolinar Diaz
Pablo Escobar in The Two Escobars (2010)
The Two Escobars
8.0
  • Self - Medellín Cartel(as Popeye)
  • 2010
Wildlands (2017)
Wildlands
6.8
  • Self(as Jhon Jairo Velásquez V.)
  • 2017
Be Water - L'histoire de Bruce Lee (2020)
30 for 30
8.8
TV Series
  • Self(as Jhon Jairo Velásquez V.)

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  • Gastón Velandia, Jairo Soto, Constanza Camelo, Johanna Carmelina Caicedo Rodriguez, Camilo Carvajal, and Felipe Rojas in Tu corazón será mío (2018)
    Tu corazón será mío
    TV Series
    • Apolinar Diaz
    • 2018

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  • Facing (2016)
    Facing
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • archival footage (as John Popeye Velásquez)
    • 2016

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    • Popeye
  • Height
    • 1.80 m
  • Born
    • April 15, 1962
    • Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia
  • Died
    • February 6, 2020
    • Bogotá, Colombia(cancer)
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