Following the lonq-runninq bestseller, El Verdadero Pablo, sangre, traición y muerte ... , comes Surviving Pablo Escobar, the firsthand account of alias Popeye, hitman of the terrible Medellin Cartel and principal lieutenant, private secretary, and friend of Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, El Patrón, the capo de capos. Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias Popeye, was released on August 26, 2014 after serving twenty-three years and three months in a ...