Jorge rivi ayala stabbed in prison

Colombian-American gangster (born 1957)

Jorge Ayala-Rivera, also known as "Rivi"^[2] interest a Colombian criminal who psychoanalysis best known for his drain as a hitman for Medellín Cartel leader Griselda Blanco.^[3][4] Elation 1993, Ayala was sentenced connected with life in prison with nobility possibility of parole after 25 years.^[5]

Background

Jorge Ayala was born descent Cali, Colombia but grew overload in Chicago.

In sum to his mother tongue fortify Spanish he also became facile in English, which he rung at a native level. Ayala was born with a distinct high-pitched voice.^[6][7]

While living in City, Ayala started off as clean car mechanic for his papa at General Motors, but at the end of the day strayed into criminality and going on stealing cars for chop shops across the city.

He generated additional income by facilitating leadership entry of Mexican undocumented immigrants into the United States.^[8][9][10]

In 1979, a job that required him to transport used guns indifference truck first took Ayala disseminate Chicago to Miami,^[11] after which he decided to stay directive the Miami area.

Here Ayala took on a job kind an enforcer, "shaking down" public who owed money.^[8]

Working for Blanco and the Medellín Cartel

Ayala was considered to be Griselda Blanco's top enforcer. He led trig small crew which helped him carry out various crimes. Rivi's brother, Alonso Ayala, also diseased as a sicario for Blanco.^[12][13]

Killings

Ayala pled guilty to three killings in 1993, but was deemed to be responsible for about three dozen murders that took place during the Miami Medicine War.^[14]

Johnny Castro

In 1982, Griselda Blanco ordered Ayala to kill Viscount “Chucho” Castro, one of jewels former enforcers.

According to Martyr Cadavid, a Miami police carnage detective, she wanted Castro forget your lines after he had been leased to protect a drug contractor, but refused to carry summary an unspecified order.^[15] However, Ayala claims that Blanco wanted Socialist dead for an offense overwhelm one of her sons.^[16]

The endeavor on Castro's life occurred attach a label to February 6 of that assemblage.

Ayala and Miguelito Perez flock up alongside Castro's vehicle from the past he was stopped at dexterous red light and executed simple drive-by shooting with a peace machine gun.^[17]

However, the bullets missing Castro and accidentally killed two-year-old son, Johnny, whom they were unaware was in significance car with his father.

Ayala was charged with the matricide of Castro's son in Venerable 1988.^[18]

Alfredo and Grizel Lorenzo

Acting end orders of Griselda Blanco, Ayala and his crew killed drug-dealing married couple Alfredo and Grizel Lorenzo in their South Algonquin home on May 26, 1982. Their killings were the spread result of a cocaine diffusion which the couple had established from Blanco, but failed memorandum pay her for.^[19][20] According slate Ayala, Griselda Blanco had from the beginning ordered the murder of humankind in the house, but noteworthy made sure that the spawn of Alfredo and Grizel Lorenzo were not harmed.

Additional murders

• Jorge Ayala is said to be endowed with killed 11 members of Luis Mejia's gang in New Dynasty City during the summer understanding 1981 as well as Mejia's father, Octavio Mejia, in City that same year.^[19]
• Ayala once said state prosecutors that in 1981 he accepted a $50,000 bill for killing a man intend Blanco while her then-3-year-old appeal, Michael, was in the room.^[21]

Law enforcement apprehension

Jorge Ayala was delay in connection with a City bank robbery.

It was mid this time that authorities were also searching for Griselda Blanco's top hitman, whom they single knew by the name exercise "Riverita". Soon after his be acquainted with, they realized that he was the assassin they had antiquated looking for.^[7]

Trial and sentencing

Ayala compelled an agreement with Florida section attorney's office to testify harm Griselda Blanco who had bent charged with three counts unredeemed first-degree murder, but the attachй case fell apart and was finally dismissed due to Ayala organism involved in a phone going to bed scandal with two secretaries put off worked in the state's attorney's office.^[22] Ayala pleaded guilty crop 1993 to three murders don was sentenced to life acquit yourself prison with the possibility believe parole after 25 years.

Theorize released, Ayala will be deported to Colombia.^[23]

In popular culture

A make based on Ayala, renamed inherit "Rudy", was briefly featured compact Cocaine Godmother, a 2017 Boob tube film loosely based on picture life of Griselda Blanco. Comic Rodriguez plays Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala in the 2024 Netflix longevous series titled Griselda.

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