The Times of IndiaWorld
Escobar hitman turned YouTube star after prison
Jhon Jairo Velásquez, known as Popeye, was a hitman for Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. After 23 years in prison, he built a YouTube following discussing his past before dying of oesophageal cancer in 2020.
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