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Reports say he worked on the Narcos series which was based on certain aspects of his life, and he also inspired the Netflix series Surviving Escobar, which is based on his book.

", DON'T MISS...Narcos: Who is Chepe in Narcos? The 57-year-old, who was also known as JJ, died while incarcerated in February 2020 and his death was announced by Colombia’s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute.

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The 57-year-old, who was also known as JJ, died while incarcerated in February 2020 and his death was announced by Colombia’s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute. The former hitman, who in his later years became a YouTube star, had been in hospital since December 31 with late-stage stomach cancer. The character of Velasco is based on Jhon Jairo Velásquez, also known by the alias Popeye, who was a Colombian hitman and part of the Medellín Cartel. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

His demise comes when he is tortured and interrogated by Don Berna (Mauricio Cujar), a Medellín Cartel and future leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, and his dead body is found in Meddelin a few days later with a note from Los Pepes. Velasco held a disliking towards Pablo's other lieutenants Gerardo Moncada and Fernando Galeano; and convinced Pablo that they were stealing from him, leading Pablo to murder them inside the La Catedral prison. His role in the series is sicario for the cartel, which means a 'hitman' or 'hired killer' when referring to Latin American drug cartels. Was he a real person?

The article by CNN said: "The 52-year-old Velasquez, also known as "Popeye," was released Tuesday night from a maximum-security prison in the Colombian province of Boyaca, northeast of Bogota, the capital. Status

Velasco failed to resist torture, and gave away the name of three of Escobar's accountants, and the fact that Lion was returning from Miami to meet Escobar. However, this didn't stop fans from guessing. Ltd. Who is the character named as Velasco in the show Narcos? Beaucoup d’entre nous ont également vu l’émission Narcos et la dernière saison de l’émission.