Biography
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.
Career
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. 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. His son, Martínez Jr., was killed in a traffic accident in 2003. On 22 March 2020, Martínez died, suffering a heart attack while hospitalized.
Personal Life
Hugo Martínez (police officer) was born on January 01, 1941 in Moniquirá. As a police officer, Hugo Martínez (police officer) is part of the public figures documented from Colombia.
References
- "Hugo Martínez (police officer)." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Martínez_(police_officer)
- "Wikidata entity: Q25039508 — Hugo Martínez (police officer)." https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25039508
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