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Sunday 31 October 2010 |
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Pablo
scobar's
Head
Hitman
Wants To
Live In
Costa
Rica
When He
Is
Released
From
Jail
From his
jail
cell in
Cómbita,
Colombia,
the
former
head of
Pablo
Escobar's
hitmen,
John
Jairo
Velásquez
Vásquez,
alias "popeye"
wants to
make
Costa
Rica his
home
when he
leaves
prison.
Vásquez,
born in
Yamural,
Antioquia,
in 1962,
racked
up a
total of
250
murders
and has
a
million
dollar
price on
his head
by the
mafia.
The
former
hitman
headed
up
Escobar's
death
squads.
Escobar
was
killed
in a
shootout
with
police
in 1992.
Vásquez
remarked
of his
wanting
to live
in Costa
Rica to
the
Colombian
magazine,
Don
Juan.
"Today I
am a
different
person
and want
to
forget
it all,
make a
new life
for
myself
when I
leave
here in
two
years",
he told
the
magazine.
"I want
to go
live in
Costa
Rica and
set up a
business;
live a
dream
and hug
my son",
he told
Colombian
journalists,
Hárold
Abuetta
and
María
Elvira
Arango.
Following
the
comments
by the
Colombian,
the
questions
of will
Costa
Rica
accept
such a
person
have
been
raised.
For his
part,
the
ministero
de
Seguridad
Pública,
José
María
Tijerino,
told the
La
Nacion,
"Since
then the
country
reserves
the
right to
refuse
admission
of any
alien, I
do not
think
the
government
is
willing
to
accept
that
Costa
Rica
becomes
a haven
for
criminals.
I was
not
aware
(of the
Vásquez
desires)
but as
minister
I would
strongly
oppose
to allow
this
type of
visitor".
Kattia
Rodríguez,
the
director
of Costa
Rica's
immigration
service
was more
diplomatic,
saying
that
"Colombians
need a
consular
visa to
visit
Costa
Rica".
"One of
the
considerations
in
accepting
a
visitor
is his
or her
criminal
record.
No one
with a
conviction
in the
last 10
years is
acceptable",
said
Rodríguez.
Vásquez's
resumé
of
terrorism
and
murders
include
the
attack
of an
Avianca
plane in
November
1989
that
ended
with 101
deaths,
the
murder
of U.S.
anti-drug
agent,
Barry
Seal in
1986 and
conspiring
in the
murder
of
Colombian
presidential
candidate
Luis
Carlos
Galán in
1989.
In total
Vásquez
is
directly
responsible
for 250
deaths
and
indirectly
another
1.000.
"My art
was to
learn to
kill',
Vásquez
is
attributed
to
saying
after
meeting
Escobar
at his
enclave
Hacienda
Napoles,
describing
Escobar
as a God
when he
met him.
Popeye
was
sentenced
to 20
years in
prison
for
terrorism,
drug
trafficking
and
murder.
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