Hugo Martínez


General Hugo Rafaél Martínez Poveda was a Colombian police general. He was assigned the new commander of the Search Bloc, a unit of the National Police of Colombia assembled by President César Gaviria in 1986; and tasked with the sole objective of the apprehension of drug lord Pablo Escobar and his associates.
Martínez retired to the city of Bogotá in 1993 after 27 years of service with the National Police of Colombia. On 22 March 2020, Martínez died, suffering a heart attack while hospitalized. His son, Lieutenant Hugo Martinez Bolivar, Jr., was involved in Escobar's death by locating his hideout in the Los Olivos neighborhood and leading the troops alongside with Police Lt. Col. Hugo Aguilar.

In fiction

In the Netflix series Narcos, Hugo Martínez served as inspiration for the character Colonel Horacio Carillo portrayed by Maurice Compte. Later in the series, Martínez was introduced as a character portrayed by Juan Pablo Shuk.