Former Harlem drug kingpin Alpo Martinez was apparently killed in a dispute over his driving and not his drug-dealing past or flipping on his former associates.
Martinez became famous in the 1980s for his murderous ways and mountains of drugs and cash. He was immortalized in dozens of rap songs and the movie Paid in Full.
Martinez was in the witness protection program, so his ID had the name Abraham Rodriguez printed on it along with a Lewiston, Maine address. He had been given a new identity after he was released from a Colorado prison in 2015. He had been serving more than 20 years for his role in 14 murders. He had also widely believed to have flipped on his former associates to cut years off of what could have been a life sentence.NY Times
reports that Martinez was killed over his penchant for driving dangerously down Harlem streets on his motorcycle. A law enforcement official told the paper that Martinez had clashed with Parker over the summer when Martinez, riding his motorcycle, brushed past Parker in a way that showed disrespect.