Alpo Martinez, a former Harlem drug kingpin who became an informant, was killed not for snitching but because of a simmering feud over his erratic driving, a law enforcement official said. Source: New York Times
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Alpo Was in Witness Protection in Maine. But His Harlem Life Kept Calling
By Gotham Rex on January 25, 2022
In Lewiston, Maine, a man who called himself Abraham helped his neighbors with the trash and rode dirt bikes with his friend. His old life in New York City got him killed. Source: New York Times
Drug Boss Alpo Martinez Killed in Harlem
By Gotham Rex on October 31, 2021
Mr. Martinez, 55, who was immortalized in the film “Paid in Full,” played a prominent role in New York’s violent cocaine wars of decades past. Source: New York Times