![]() The explanation of Alpo’s death in most of the major media, and from law enforcement, was that Alpo’s ratting out of his former colleagues, (he avoided the death penalty upon his arrest by testifying against his partners) and the killing of his partner in crime, Rich Porter, finally caught up to him, with someone taking revenge and decades later, settling the score. But Abraham couldn’t shake off the legend of Alpo, and he soon began making trips back to the big city.Īlpo’s life came to an end on Halloween night 2021, when he was shot to death in his pickup truck at 330 in the morning at the corner of 147th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. But by 2002, Alpo was in the middle of a 35-year sentence in the hardest jail to do time in the USA, the Supermax Prison in Colorado.Īfter serving his time, Alpo was released and given a new identity, (Abraham Rodriguez), in a new location, in Lewiston Maine, in 2015. The 2002 Movie “Paid in Full” features Alpo and his business colleagues. He was charged with 14 murders and drug trafficking, and to avoid dying in jail, Alpo testified agaisnt his former friends and other drug lords and got 35 years. Both those stories are for another day because now I can’t enough of Alpo Martinez, thanks to my friend and journalistic colleague Dennis Richmond Jr., who posted about it here a few weeks ago.Īlberto “Alpo” Martinez was a legendary drug dealer from the 1980’s, known as the ‘Mayor of Harlem,’ who became the #1 Cocaine dealer in NYC and the crack king of Washington DC, before his arrest in 1991. Dutch had a history in Yonkers, my news beat, while Nicky Barnes had an interaction with my dad while he was on the job with the NYPD. ![]() My interest in mobsters and drug dealers goes back to Dutch Schultz and Nicky Barnes. ![]()
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