On This Day: Medellin Cartel hitman Jhon Jairo Velásquez was born - #OTD

[Gangsters Inc.]

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

On this day in 1962: On April 15, 1962, Medellin Cartel hitman Jhon Jairo Velásquez was born. He was once one of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s chief sicarios.

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