Analysis Of 'El Turco'

“Popeye’s” days kept passing in the routine that he tried to break, every now and then, with a quick sweep of the little yard; he helped with the cleaning while on his head he saw images passing of his extradited or dead fellows. The years passed and the Christmases came one after the other, without him hoping for many things. His boring existence was interrupted with a new and polemic character. The appearance and seriousness of his face made him look like a businessman, besides, he spoke of millions of dollars all day long.
-“Popeye” how many millions did your Patrón had? –Walid Makled García, aka “El Turco” asked him to his face on one afternoon.
He continued the conversation to see where this hasty and arrogant man wanted to get, he answered:
-Well, “Turquito” I think it was over 900 million dollars!
The astonished man, opened his eyes widely and immediately responded:
-Oh, well I have more money that the deceased! –And he started to brag of his immense fortune. –I have 1200 million dollars!
He let his tongue loose about his fantastic life, surrounded by beautiful women and fine properties.
“Popeye” looked at him with a smirk and sat comfortably to see how far the imagination of his new guest could go. According to the media, the man that was
“El Turco”, wanted to frighten the yard saying that he had two cyanide pills, to kill himself if he didn’t have a choice and one day he showed them to “Popeye”. Things got complicated, because there were only two men in “Receptions” at the time; if he would appear dead, they would accuse “Popeye”; for he was a famous assassin, there would not be any presumption of innocence, he would have to say that he killed him, to cut the conviction in half but if he didn’t have a reason for his dead, the situation would be worse; it would be sad to carry a dead man on his shoulders after being released, after 20 years of lockup for his crimes with the Medellín