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John Jairo Arias Tascón
John Jairo Arias Tascón (1961 – 13 June 1990), known as Pinina, was a member of the Medellín Cartel. He obtained power in the cartel's military wing and was accused of hundreds of murders. He was considered to be ranked fifth within the cartel structure. He was a hit man, the boss of hit men and leader of a criminal group at the disposal of the Cartel, known as Los Priscos. His high-pitched voice gave him the nickname "Pinina" after the character of the same name played by the child actress Andrea del Boca in the 1974 Argentine film '' Papá corazón se quiere casar''. He was tall. Few photos of him are available. Career He was born to a poor family. As a child, Arias lived in the Medellin commune in the barrio (neighborhood) Lovaina, becoming a thief at the age of 12. Later he joined a gang, becoming a hit man at the age of 15. One story holds that Pablo Escobar recruited Pinina as a member of the cartel, after Pablo got informed that Pinina had broken into one of his ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avianca Flight 203
Avianca Flight 203 was a Colombian domestic passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. It was destroyed by a bomb over the municipality of Soacha on November 27, 1989. All 107 people on board as well as 3 people on the ground were killed. The bombing had been ordered by the Medellín drug cartel. Aircraft and crew The aircraft was a Boeing 727-21 with registration number HK-1803, serial number 19035, and manufacturing serial number 272. It had been purchased from Pan Am. The aircraft was built in 1966, and had its maiden flight on May 19 of the same year. The aircraft was powered by three Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 turbofan engines capable of developing up to of thrust each. The aircraft was delivered to Pan Am on May 28, and was registered as N326PA. Avianca purchased the aircraft on November 15, 1975, when it was re-registered as HK-1803. The captain was José Ignacio Ossa Aristizábal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcos
''Narcos'' is an American-Colombian crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of Colombian narcoterrorist and drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who is the leader of the Medellin Cartel and became a billionaire through the production and distribution of cocaine. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. Season 3 picks up after the fall of Escobar and continues to follow the DEA as they try to shut down the rise of the infamous Cali Cartel. Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, originally aired on August 28, 2015, as a Netflix exclusive. The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 2, 2016, with 10 episodes. On September 6, 2016, Netflix renewed the series for its third and fourth seasons. Season 3 premiered on September 1, 2017, but on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTI Producciones
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana (Inter-American Radio and Television), is a Colombian television production company and former ''programadora''. It aired 14.5 hours per week of programming in 1993. In the 1990s, as a ''programadora'', it was a member of OTI Colombia, a coalition that included Producciones PUNCH, Producciones JES, RCN Television, Caracol Televisión and Datos y Mensajes."OTI planeó bien su propio partido." ''El Tiempo'' 18 July 199link/ref> Many of its series are co-produced with Telemundo in the United States, including ''Zorro'' and '' Sin Vergüenza''. In Colombia, they air on Caracol TV and Citytv Bogotá. R.T.I. had some programming spaces on the state-owned Canal Uno until 2008, when it returned them in order to bid with '' El Tiempo'' and Grupo Planeta for the third private national channel licence. Starting from 2007, the Telemundo-R.T.I. studio in Miami is known as Telemundo Television Studios. R.T.I. Telenovelas R.T.I. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tres Caínes
''Los Tres Caínes'' (The 3 Cains) is a 2013 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones for Colombia-based television network RCN TV and United States-based television network MundoFox. Based on the story of the Colombian paramilitary leaders Carlos Castaño, Vicente Castaño and Fidel Castaño. Gregorio Pernía stars as the protagonist. Cast Castaño family Self-defenses Medellín cartel, family and hitmen Goverment and press Police and army ECAR and M-19 Cali Cartel and allies Norte del Valle Cartel y other characters Misstresses Broadcasters References External links *Official website RCN TVbr>*Official website Mundo FOX MundoMax (; originally known as MundoFox from August 13, 2012 to July 28, 2015) was an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network that was owned by RCN Televisión. The network broadcast programs aimed at Hispanic and Latino America ...br> {{DEFAULTSORT:Tres Caines 2013 telenovelas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCN Televisión
RCN Televisión, branded as Canal RCN (''Radio Cadena Nacional'') is a Colombian free-to-air television network. It is a Colombian open television channel, belonging to the Ardila Lülle Organization. It was founded as a television content production company on March 23, 1967, and found its broadcasts as an independent channel on July 10, 1998. Its main shareholder is Carlos Ardila Lülle. It produced ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'', one of the most successful Colombian telenovelas. History RCN Television was created as a television arm of the RCN Radio network. In 1967 RCN Radio took part in the bidding for spaces in the official television network, getting one hour a day which was split into two series: one made in Colombia named ''El Hogar'' (The Home) and the American television series ''Bewitched''. In 1973 RCN Radio and its subsidiary RCN Television were purchased by Carlos Ardila Lülle, who three years later relaunched RCN as a television production company (or ''programadora' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escobar, El Patrón Del Mal
''Escobar: El Patrón del Mal'' (international title: ''Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord''; also known as ''Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal'') is a 2012 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, based on a true story about the life of Pablo Escobar – the notorious druglord. It is available only in Spanish. There is a version available with English dubbed, as well as a version dubbed in Hindi on the ZEE5 app. It also aired in Arabic dub on Lana TV. It is also available in version dubbed in Turkish on Netflix. History From May 28 to November 1, 2012, Caracol TV aired ''Escobar: El Patrón del Mal'' weeknights at 9:30pm. From July 9 to July 27, 2012, Telemundo aired one-hour episodes of ''Pablo Escobar'' weeknights at 10pm/9c, replacing '' Decisiones Extremas''. From July 30, 2012 to January 24, 2013, Telemundo aired half-hour episodes of ''Pablo Escobar'' and ''El Rostro de la Venganza'' weeknights, both sharing the 10pm time slot. From January 25 onwards, one-hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracol Televisión
Caracol Televisión (known as Caracol and previously as Canal Caracol) is a Colombian free-to-air television network owned by Caracol Medios, a unit of Grupo Valorem. It is one of the leading private TV networks in Colombia, alongside Canal RCN and Canal 1. The network distributes and produces 5,000+ programs and has aired in more than 80 countries. History As a ''programadora'' Caracol Television, as it is known today, began to take shape in 1954, when the Organization Radiodifusora Caracol offered to the ''Televisora Nacional'' (the then only TV channel in Colombia later turned into Inravisión, today RTVC Sistema de Medios Publicos) a formula to sustain its operation by means of the concession of certain programming spaces for commercial exploitation. At that time, executives Fernando Londoño Henao, Cayetano Betancur, Carlos Sanz de Santamaria, Pedro Navias and Germán Montoya began to raise the possibility of establishing the first television programming company (or ''p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Poblado
El Poblado is the 14th commune in the metropolitan area of the city of Medellín, Colombia. According to a 2005 census the population was 94,704, distributed among its land area of 23 km2, and by the year 2015, it had a population of 128,839. The comuna consists of 24 barrios, and is located in the south-east of the city. Its western boundary with the comuna of Guayabal runs along the Medellín River; to the south, it borders the city of Envigado, to the east, the township of Santa Elena, and to the north, the comunas of La Candelaria and Buenos Aires. El Poblado is also known as ''Las Manzanas de Oro'' (The Golden Blocks)Los barrios de MedellínEl Poblado El Sitio Paisa. Link retrieved May 31, 2008. because it is the main center of the industrial and commercial life of the second largest economy of Colombia. The name ''El Poblado'' (The Village) derives from the first Spanish settlement of the Aburrá Valley in 1616 that was built in what is today its main square. In 1675, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Roldán Betancur
Antonio Roldan Betancur (1946-July 4, 1989) was a Colombian politician. He was once the governor of the department of Antioquia, from 1988 until his death in 1989. Roldan Betancur was also a medical doctor and a community sports leader. Death Roman Betancur was killed by a car bomb when he was aboard an official car on the way to his office on 4 July, 1989. According to investigations, the car that blew up was not his, but a car that was next to his. Along him, five others died, including two policemen, a young psychology student, a train worker and a councilman. Investigations It was discovered that Roldan Betancur was not the main target of the assassination plot, that being Antioquian police commander Waldemar Franklin Quintero, who was killed one month later. The Colombian police believed the Cali Cartel to be involved in his assassination. Jose Santa Cruz Londono, one of the Cali Cartel's main members, was arrested in connection with the murder's investigation. Others a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhon Jairo Velásquez
Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez (April 15, 1962 – February 6, 2020), 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. Velásquez was born in the municipality of Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia. He joined the Colombian National Army; later he was in the cadet school of the national police, only to leave days later joining the school of apprentices of the Colombian Navy where he earned the nickname "Popeye" because of his physical resemblance to the character. Later he had plastic surgery and no longer had the same distinctive appearance. Velásquez escaped from prison, was later caught, and served his sentence. Education Velásquez entered the School of NCOs of the Colombian Navy, eventually transferring to the General Santander National Police Academy wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
