POPEYE: Il Sicario Più Letale del Cartello di Medellín

He was the deadliest hitman in the history of organized crime. He didn't die in a firefight. He wasn't shot by his enemies. He died alone, in a hospital bed, becoming a viral internet phenomenon, with over a million YouTube subscribers and a Netflix series based on his life. His name was John Jairo Velásquez Vásquez. The entire world knew him as Popeye. And his story is one of the darkest and most fascinating organized crime has ever produced. Popeye was the armed wing of the Medellín Cartel, the most powerful criminal organization humanity has ever known. Under the direct orders of Pablo Escobar, he coordinated the deaths of over three thousand people and killed three hundred with his own hands. He blew up a plane full of innocent passengers. He shot the woman he loved in the head because his boss ordered him to. And after all this, he was released from prison, wrote a book, gave interviews on camera, and died of cancer at the age of fifty-seven in Bogotá. In this video, we tell you Popeye's complete story: from his childhood in Yarumal, a forgotten village in the mountains of Antioquia, to his rise as the head hitman of the world's most feared cartel. We analyze how the Medellín Cartel built a fully vertically integrated criminal corporation, from coca cultivation to the final consumer on the streets of Miami, New York, and Los Angeles. We discover what transformed a young former police officer into the most perfect weapon Pablo Escobar ever wielded. This isn't just the story of a murderer. It's the story of a system. It's the story of Colombia in the 1980s. It's the story of the largest criminal empire the world has ever seen. If you're passionate about organized crime, the Mafia, and true stories that have shaped history, subscribe to Relato Mafioso now and activate the bell so you don't miss a video. Here, we tell the stories the world will never forget. #Popeye #MedellínCartel #PabloEscobar #RelatoMafioso #CrimineOrganizzato