[3] His high-pitched voice gave him the nickname "Pinina" after the character of the same name played by the child actress Andrea del Boca in the 1974 Argentine film Papá corazón se quiere casar.
[1][3][5] According to his associate, Jhon Jairo Velásquez, alias "Popeye", Arias Tascon was also involved in the assassination of Antonio Roldán Betancur, which took place on 4 July, 1989.
[citation needed] Arias died on 13 June 1990, when the Colombian police raided his apartment in the neighborhood El Poblado in Medellín.
In retaliation, Escobar ordered his men to drive a car-bomb into the police station of El Poblado, causing severe damage.
In the series Bloque de búsqueda, produced by Teleset for Sony Pictures Television, broadcast in 2016 and inspired by the police force that disbanded the Medellín Cartel, his character was performed by the actor Sebastián Boscán, under the alias "Pinocho".