The Sicario Effect podcast

The Sicario Effect

The Sicario Effect is a new series from Exclave Media. Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez alias “Popeye” was Pablo Escobar’s top lieutenant and The Medellin Cartel's chief sicario (assassin). He’s publicly admitted to having personally killed 300 people. In 2014, after 23 years in prison, Popeye was released. Rather than lay low and enjoy his new freedom, he took to the internet and became a social media star, “Popeye the Repentant”. And as we discovered, that’s just the beginning. This is a story about crime, drugs, corruption, and a country’s fight to control their narrative about the past, present, and future.

The Sicario Effect is a new series from Exclave Media. Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez alias “Popeye” was Pablo Escobar’s top lieutenant and The Medellin Cartel's chief sicario (assassin). He’s publicly admitted to having personally killed 300 people. In 2014, after 23 years in prison, Popeye was released. Rather than lay low and enjoy his new freedom, he took to the internet and became a social media star, “Popeye the Repentant”. And as we discovered, that’s just the beginning. This is a story about crime, drugs, corruption, and a country’s fight to control their narrative about the past, present, and future.

 

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Episode 19: Amnesia

What does the future hold in store for Popeye? With his platform muted, will someone take ... more

28 Jan 2019

28 MINS

28:39

28 Jan 2019


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Episode 18: Law Abiding Citizen

Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez alias "Popeye" was once the Medellin Cartel’s chief hitman an... more

21 Jan 2019

36 MINS

36:19

21 Jan 2019


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Episode 17: Controlling the Narrative

Happy New Year! We’re back!  Popeye continues to make news. This time by tweeting his supp... more

09 Jan 2019

45 MINS

45:02

09 Jan 2019


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Holiday Message & Update

Some holiday greetings and quick schedule update. 

24 Dec 2018

01 MINS

01:09

24 Dec 2018


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Episode 16: The Home Office

April of 2018, five months after being detained in police raid that led to the capture of ... more

17 Dec 2018

56 MINS

56:49

17 Dec 2018


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Episode 15: Narcoculture

The most powerful thing Pablo Escobar did was leave behind a narrative. The young, enterpr... more

10 Dec 2018

41 MINS

41:51

10 Dec 2018


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Episode 14: Luck of the Draw

The Medellin Cartel's victims and their families exist more as statistics than real people... more

03 Dec 2018

21 MINS

21:38

03 Dec 2018


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Bonus Episode: Reaction & Theory

Bonus Episode: Because of the holiday, episode 14 will be out next Monday, Dec 3, 2018. In... more

26 Nov 2018

20 MINS

20:30

26 Nov 2018


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Episode 13: Esteban

Esteban Orozco is an accomplished screenwriter and producer. Most recently he was a writer... more

19 Nov 2018

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:54

19 Nov 2018


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Preview Ep 13

Preview of Episode 13. Coming Monday November 19, 2018.

16 Nov 2018

00 MINS

00:49

16 Nov 2018


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Episode 12: Surprise Party

December 2017- Los Angeles. Shortly after returning from Medellin, we start to examine Pop... more

12 Nov 2018

25 MINS

25:59

12 Nov 2018


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Preview Ep 12

Preview of Episode 12. Coming Monday November 12, 2018.

10 Nov 2018

00 MINS

00:45

10 Nov 2018


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Episode 11: Perspective

Jhon Jairo Velasquez Vasquez was once Escobar’s chief assassin. He committed unspeakable a... more

05 Nov 2018

27 MINS

27:19

05 Nov 2018


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Preview Ep 11

Preview of Episode 11. Coming Monday November 5, 2018.

02 Nov 2018

00 MINS

00:35

02 Nov 2018