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Escobar's hired killer, 'Popeye', free after 22 years

(AGI) Bogota', Aug 27 - John Jairo Velasquez Vasquez, alsoknown as "Popeye", the hired killer of Colombian drugs lordPablo Escobar, has been freed after 22 years in prison. He wasaccused of planning 3,000 murders and executing 300 people inthe 1980s and 1990s, making him Medellin cartel chief Escobar'smost brutal killer. His release has caused heated controversyin Bogota. . .
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(AGI) Bogota', Aug 27 - John Jairo Velasquez Vasquez, alsoknown as "Popeye", the hired killer of Colombian drugs lordPablo Escobar, has been freed after 22 years in prison. He wasaccused of planning 3,000 murders and executing 300 people inthe 1980s and 1990s, making him Medellin cartel chief Escobar'smost brutal killer. His release has caused heated controversyin Bogota. . .

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