This last February, I was fortunate enough to spend 5 days with Pablo Escobar’s former top assassin, Jhon Jairo Velásquez aka “Popeye” in his hometown of Medellín, Colombia. It was during this time that my film crew & I got a first-hand look into his life as Pablo Escobar’s right-hand man, what it was like working for the powerful Medellín Cartel, and discussing his 22-year prison sentence.
Popeye confesses to over 250 killings of his own doing, and admits to having orchestrated thousands more. But despite his bloody past, he is now a reformed man; speaking out against violence & raising awareness of the atrocities of drug-related crimes. He is even seeking a new career as a YouTuber with over 300,000 subscribers, while using his influence to bring political reforms to the crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela.
We've gathered enough footage to create a special multi-episode series detailing our adventures with Popeye, the first episode of which is to be released on my channel They Will Kill You in the next week or two. Apart from the YouTube videos, I will also be supplementing it with a day-by-day journal describing each day’s events & happenings (along with behind-the-scenes photos, unreleased content, etc.), all of which will be available exclusively here on the Steemit platform!
In the meantime, check out our trailer with Popeye here:
This is insane! Really cool stuff, always have wanted to go down to Medellin and explore (now that it's relatively safe for tourism purposes). Pablo's story was a legendary one, I mean the man blew up a bus full of people and sent it flying on top of a building! Also blowing a plane out of the sky to take out your enemies? Ruthless.
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Yeah he was so sick!
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I heard he got robbed in Poblado randomly too. Found that funny!
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Yeah he told us about that too; he said he didn't care because he's at peace with himself/the world and is just thankful to both be alive and for the warm welcome society has given him since his release. He also said that there still exists a modern day Medellín Cartel who protects him, and that if anything really bad were to happen to him, those responsible would have to face some serious consequences...CRAZY hahah!
Fun fact: he now lives in El Poblado with a cute French bulldog named Mack https://www.facebook.com/PopeyeLeyenda/photos/a.1657005551247821.1073741829.1656921477922895/1899192003695840/?type=3&theater
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haha wow! fascinating man!!
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Hey Angelo!
Take a screenshot when you replied to @demotruk on Youtube, my followers would love to know that you on Steemit and see proof of it.
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great story and pictures of a well known world figure..love or hate him, he will be remembered in a postive or negetive way ...thanks for sharing
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And thank YOU for checking out my story :)
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welcome
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welcome
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I firmly believe the US Gov't took over his business, and brought the crack cocaine to East LA, and New York, and it spread across the Country! Furthermore, we took out Chavez in Venezuela becuase he wanted a piece of the action, seeing our planes fly in and out all day long! smh..
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Hmmm, never heard of that...
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Are you serious? You need to watch "Cocaine Cowboys"! Good documentary..
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I've seen it, it's amazing! Really interesting to hear those stories from the pilot's point-of-view...
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Well, those Guys TELL about the CIA's role in all of this..
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I watched many videos about Pablo's fortune.. Mostly documentary. I shall watch your video too..
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Thanks for watching!
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Awesome. Excited to see it. The Netflix series was insane.
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I loved Narcos too!
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This is great, I cant wait to watch this the pics are amazing!
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U r beautiful :)
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Hi @metalic63 followed and up voted :) and Thanks!
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Thank you! Stay tuned :)
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YW, are you into Mafia related stories?
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Yes, very! Why...are you well-versed in these matters? ;)
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Just started the Netflix series last week and now I see you hang out with the people there. Impressive!
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Haha thanks, yeah the Netflix series was great :)
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I can not wait to see this will be very interesting hope to enjoy a lot of your posts thank you
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Thanks a lot! I see from your blog that you enjoy playing poker...I used to play full-time myself down here in Las Vegas before getting into YouTube, and also worked for Phil Ivey for several years :)
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You must have a very interesting life enjoy hope the best for you
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Likewise, thank you!
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