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The Truth About Notorious Hitman Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala

Jorge "Rivi" Ayala was the perfect hitman. According to the Miami New Times, he was the last person anyone involved in the Columbian-Miami drug trade would've suspected to be their killer. The killer didn't look Columbian, though he was, and he spoke perfect English with an American accent because he grew up in Chicago. In fact, his voice wasn't intimidating at all — he had a condition that caused his tone to be abnormally high-pitched. Still, that didn't stop him from blending in wherever he found himself, nor did it stop him from becoming dangerously vicious when money was slipped his way.

The killer's talents made him useful to one Griselda Blanco — also known as the "Cocaine Godmother" — who ran the Medellín cartel best known for producing the infamous Pablo Escobar, as NBC Miami details. In fact, Vice says Ayala was her favorite hitman, and why wouldn't he be? He was responsible for several jobs that helped the cartel's business and charming to boot. And unlike Escobar, Blanco was wildly vicious. Her apathy towards human life is one of the big reasons Miami had such a high murder rate throughout the '80s, when the Miami drug war was at its peak.

But Ayala only seemed like a good employee for Blanco until he was sitting in a courtroom. Then, he became as good a squealer as he was a shooter, turning on his employer and detailing her business to the prosecutor so they would abstain from pursuing the death penalty.

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