Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's former chief hitman Jhon Jairo 'Popeye' Velasquez has died of cancer today at the age of 57. Velasquez served a life sentence after admitting to killing 300 people ...

In the photo, Vasquez attends a march organized by former Colombian president and current senator Alvaro Uribe against the government of Juan Manuel Santos and the peace agreement with the FARC rebels ...

Tracking down the man who served as the top assassin of Pablo Escobar’s infamous Medellín Cartel sounds like an equal parts terrifying and hopeless task. Terrifying because Jhon Jairo Velásquez ...

A former hitman for late drug lord Pablo Escobar who confessed to killing hundreds of people during one of Colombia’s most violent periods died Thursday from cancer, prison authorities said. Jhon ...

A former hitman who killed hundreds of people for the late drug lord Pablo Escobar has died following a short battle with cancer. Jhon Jairo Velásquez, who was also widely known as Popeye, died at the ...

'Popeye' was one of Escobar's chief "sicarios," or hitmen Bogota, Colombia: Police in Colombia said Friday they have recaptured one of late drug lord Pablo Escobar's top hitmen, Jhon Jairo Velasquez - ...