The True Life of Pablo Escobar: Blood, Betrayal and Death is thetestimony of John Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias ?Popeye,? who wasmain lieutenant, private secretary, and friend to Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. Popeye writes as a witness and participant to the horrorcreated by the Medellín Cartel, a mafia organization that coveredColombia in blood for many years.
Popeye works from memory andharrowing personal experiences to reveal never before publishedinformation on the infamous cartel. This is his contribution tosociety, to not only help us better understand the true character ofthe gangster who brought a whole nation to its knees, but also to shed light on a dark page in Colombia?s recent history, one written inblood, betrayal, and death.
The statements in The True Life ofPablo Escobar led to the arrest of Alberto Santofimio Botero, who was, according to Popeye, the mastermind behind the assassination of Dr.Luís Carlos Galán Sarmiento.
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