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Johny Rivera Acosta

Johny "El Palomo" Rivera Acosta (died November 1992) was a Medellin Cartel sicario and one of the commanders of its military wing. He was responsible for paying gunmen who killed 38 police officers in Medellin, and he supervised the car bombing near the La Macarena bullring in February 1991. He participated in Pablo Escobar's escape from La Catedral in July 1992, and he was tracked down by Search Bloc in November 1992 and killed in a shootout alongside two bodyguards.

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