# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jhon-jairo-velasquez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:30:00.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jhon-jairo-velasquez"
name: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
slug: "jhon-jairo-velasquez"
description: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, also known by the alias \"Popeye\" or \"JJ\", was a Colombian hitman, who was part of the criminal structure of the Medellín Cartel until his surrender to the Colombian justice system in 1992. Within this structure he claimed to be a lieutenant commanding half of the sicarios."
tagline: "Colombian contract killer under Pablo Escobar (1962-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-04-15"
deathDate: "2020-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.44016933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 125
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3998557/"
    handle:    "nm3998557"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون خايرو فيلاسكيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez_V%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョン・ハイロ・ベラスケス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჯონ ხაირო ველასკესი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "John Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhon_Jairo_Vel%C3%A1squez"
    title: "Jhon Jairo Velásquez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5930952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump