Drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s top hitman has died after a battle with cancer. Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez, known as “Popeye,” died Thursday morning from cancer at the age of 57. He had been ...

A former hitman for the notorious cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar died in Colombia Thursday after a battle with stomach cancer, prison authorities said. Jhon Jairo Velásquez, also known as “Popeye,” ...

CNN — A man who had oversight over a web of assassins working for the infamous drug trafficker Pablo Escobar is dead. Jhon Jairo Velásquez, also known as "Popeye," died on February 6 at the National ...

Police in Colombia said Friday they have recaptured one of late drug lord Pablo Escobar’s top hitmen, Jhon Jairo Velasquez — alias “Popeye” — who was wanted for extortion. Popeye, 56, who was released ...

Meet John Jairo Velasquez, better known as Popeye - Pablo Escobar's former lieutenant. After confessing to participating in 250 murders and ordering thousands more, Popeye spent 23 years in prison ...

The head of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s hitmen, a confessed murderer nicknamed “Popeye,” was released from prison after helping prosecutors convict a former justice minister. John Jairo ...