El Paisa was a truck driver working for the Medellin Cartel. He used to bring gambling equipments, lobsters, prostitutes and pool tables in his truck, to the La Catedral, when Pablo Escobar was imprisoned there.
Paisa was forced to take photographs of the inside of his truck's cargo hold by DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña. His photos were used by them as proof of the murder of Kiko Moncada and Fernando Galeano inside Escobar's private prison.