Hugo Martínez (police officer)

Hugo Rafaél Martínez Poveda
Born	(1941-10-16)October 16, 1941 Moniquirá, Boyacá, Colombia.
Died	March 22, 2020(2020-03-22) (aged 78) Hospital de la policia, Medellín
Allegiance	Colombia
Service / branch	Policía Nacional de Colombia
Years of service	1964–1999
Rank	General
Commands	Search Bloc
Battles / wars	Death of Pablo Escobar Colombian conflict

General Hugo Rafael Martínez Poveda (16 October 1941 – 22 March 2020) was a Colombian police general. He was assigned the new commander of the Search Bloc, a unit of the National Police of Colombia assembled by President Virgilio Barco Vargas in 1986; he was tasked with the sole objective of the apprehension of drug lord Pablo Escobar and his associates.

His son, Lieutenant Hugo Martínez Bolivar, Jr. (1969–2003), was involved in Escobar's death by locating his hideout in the Los Olivos neighborhood and leading the troops alongside Police Lt. Col. Hugo Aguilar.[1] The younger Martínez had announced that Escobar was shot three times in the back, leg, and right temple from an AR-15 fired by Sgt. Jorge Armando Guerrero Pasichana (who was killed in 1995).

Martínez retired to the city of Bogotá in 1999 after 40 years of service with the National Police of Colombia.[2] His son, Martínez Jr., was killed in a traffic accident in 2003. On 22 March 2020, Martínez died, suffering a heart attack while hospitalized.

In fiction

• In TV Series Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord is portrayed by the Colombian actor Jimmy Vásquez as the character of Martín Pabón.
• In TV series Alias El Mexicano is portrayed by Juan Carlos Serrano as the character of Diego Erazo 'Radar'.
• In the Netflix series Narcos, Hugo Martínez served as inspiration for the character Colonel Horacio Carrillo portrayed by Maurice Compte.[3][4][5] Later in the series, Martínez was introduced as a separate character, portrayed by Juan Pablo Shuk.

References

1. Cantillo, Jorge (23 March 2020). "Murió Hugo Martínez, ex jefe del Bloque de Búsqueda que persiguió a Pablo Escobar". infobae. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
2. Kim MacQuarrie. "The Man Who Brought Down Pablo Escobar". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
3. "What a character: Why Colonel Carrillo from Narcos is a TV great | JOE.ie". JOE.ie. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
4. Harvey, Chris (1 August 2015). "The terrible reign of cocaine king Pablo Escobar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
5. "Maurice Compte boards the Netflix series Narcos". Digital Spy. 10 October 2014.

External links

• "Hugo Martinez". Newsweek. 2 December 1993. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
• "Incorruptible Colonel Rejoins Escobar Pursuit - philly-archives". Philadelphia Daily News. 18 November 2000. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
• Mark Bowden. "Killing the king of cocaine | From the Observer". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2016.