Colombian police rearrest Escobar hitman for extortion
by Associated Press in Bogotá from World news | The Guardian on (#3R0R7)
Jhon Jairo Velisquez, known as Popeye, was paroled in 2014 after confessing to hundreds of murders and spending 22 years in jail
Colombian police have rearrested a former hitman for the late drug lord Pablo Escobar as part of an investigation into extortion.
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