File found and restored by: TanyaAkamatsu_Archivos on YT. A "wanted" notice from early 1993, featuring appearances by prominent bosses such as Chopo, Arete, H.H., Comanche, and El Angelito.

El Navegante, whose real name is Jorge Enrique Velásquez, operated as an informant for over 30 years and continued working for the DEA well into the early 2020s. After the DEA betrayed him during a botched operation against a European drug trafficking organization, he fought back by choosing to expose everything through a media interview.

His 1993 autobiography, "Cómo me infiltré y engañé al Cartel (How I infiltrated and deceived the cartel)", is well worth a read if you speak Spanish. He wrote that by the time readers got to his book, he might already be dead. In fact, he survived an assassination attempt.

In Narcos, El Navegante is not solely based on Velásquez. His character is a composite that is also draws from Memo Lara, the Cali cartel's chief sicario, and César Yusti, another prominent sicario who was brought in for the hit on Guillermo Pallomari. According to the real Jorge Salcedo, he was indeed ordered to assassinate Pallomari alongside Yusti, moving together just as depicted in the show.

Here is how Memo Lara is described in William C. Rempel's book, At the Devil's Table, which is based on Salcedo's account:

Here is how Memo Lara is described in William C. Rempel's book, At the Devil's Table, which is based on Salcedo's account: The most important of the Cali sicarios was Guillermo León Restrepo Gaviria, known in the cartel simply as Memo Lara. He was the godfathers' chief hit man - low-key, loyal, and reliably lethal. He would sometimes be gone for long periods, usually coinciding with someone's death or disappearance.

Memo had dark hair, dark eyes, and a dark disposition. Some blamed his grim demeanor on a lost love, a girlfriend who left him for a police captain and then compounded the betrayal by trying to set him up for arrest. Memo barely escaped. The ex-girlfriend had the good sense to flee the country. Years later, Memo still seethed. He kept an eye on her family's residence just outside Cali, lurking in her old neighborhood at odd hours, just biding his time - waiting for her to come home.

... Sitting with Jorge in the dim reflection of dashboard lights, Memo told a story that explained his good humor. The tale started with the sicario's discovery that his long-missing ex-girlfriend had come home - the ex-girlfriend who had betrayed him to her police captain lover, the ex-girlfriend whose family home Memo had been watching for nearly eight years. "She was hiding in Japan," Memo told Jorge. "But I knew she would come home eventually." ... "Don Miguel needs to know that it's over," Memo said. "I wish to thank him." Jorge understood. The godfathers had approved the ex-girlfriend's execution, no doubt a personal favor to Memo Lara.