The finale of Season 3 of "Narcos" ends the way all good crime dramas ought to end: with a bang. A literal one in this case, as Jorge Salcedo takes decisive action and shoots Navegante dead after the killer spots him waiting outside the home of his target, Guillermo Pallomari. Though, as the real-life Salcedo told Entertainment Weekly, the story didn't quite pan out in such a cinematic fashion.
"In reality, I never killed him ... I think the DEA guys did that ... they have some information that somebody killed him, I don't know how ... All I did that night was go to my most secure location to secure my most beloved possession on earth, which is my family. It doesn't make sense that I'm going to go kill a killer. I've never killed anybody," Salcedo recalled.
However, not everyone is convinced of Salcedo's innocence. Matias Varela, the actor who won plaudits from critics for his portrayal of Jorge Salcedo, says he believes that Salcedo did indeed kill Yusti, though perhaps not in the way portrayed in the "Narcos." "The real Salcedo was never convicted of killing anyone. He's always said he was innocent of murdering anyone. Myself, I think he did it. The man did disappear," Varela told Vulture.
Though as readers of "At The Devil's Table" table know, disappearing was, besides killing, Cesar Yusti's greatest talent. For now, the notorious hitman's ultimate fate remains something of a mystery.
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