10. His Most Trusted Hitman Vasquez
Pablo Escobar had many hitmen that he employed to carry out his atrocities on his country. A man named “Popeye” Vasquez was one of his main men, a most trusted hitman. Under Pablo’s orders, Vasquez was responsible for many killings over the years.
He was known as a torturer, and when Pablo wanted something done, he sent Vasquez. After he kidnapped a Colombian president, he also tortured him as well as many vice-presidents. He killed an Attorney General as well as Colombian presidential candidate, Luis Carlos Galan.
It was the only killing he was ever convicted for, even though he was known to have killed over 250 people, including his girlfriend with his own hands and detonated over 250 car bombs. Vasquez has stated that he feels no guilt over the killings as he was only following his boss’s orders. “I’m also a victim of Escobar. I was not responsible for the assassinations.”
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