Infamous drug kingpin Alpo Martinez, was found dead in his 2017 Dodge Ram on the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 147 Street in Harlem, NY, early Sunday

Alberto Geddis Martinez, aka Alpo Martinez, aka ‘Alpo’, 55, was placed went into witness protection in 2015 after his release from prison, after ratting out fellow NYC drug dealers, was killed in a drive by shooting

Before seeking federal protection, Alpo Martinez, was a notorious drug kingpin who ran a ring from that stretched from New York to Washington DC in the 1980s, dealing cocaine and crack.

Martinez killed 14 other people, many of them his friends as he admitted in an interview, including his friend and partner, Rich Porter, who he shot in January, 1990

He later turned state witness, turning in his network, including his enforcer, in a plea arrangement that led to an early release from a 35-year sentence in 2015

Martinez quite recognizable as Alpo, never the less was moving around freely, but with his protection identity of Abraham Rodriguez of Lewiston, Maine

He had come back to his old Harlem haunts, moving around freely, attending public functions and giving interviews

He was found at 3:24 am with at least six gunshot wounds to his torso

Martinez has had a minor influence on pop culture, immortalized by rapper and actor Cam’ron’s portrayal of him in the 2002 movie ‘Paid in Full’   

A notorious New York City drug kingpin, immortalized in film and in songs by the likes of Jay Z and 50 Cent after going into witness protection for snitching on his partners, was executed in a drive-by shooting Sunday morning.
Alberto ‘Alpo’ Martinez, 55, was found dead in his 2017 Dodge Ram on the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 147 Street in Harlem, police said. 
Martinez, who has lived under witness protection for testifying against drug dealers, was identified under the name he used in witness protection – Abraham Rodriguez.
Authorities said he had been living in Lewiston, Maine.
He was found at 3:24 am with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. Photos of his truck showed at least five bullet holes in the window.
First responders transported him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. 
No arrests have been made in the shooting and police are still investigating. 

Martinez was shot on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 147 Street in Harlem, early Sunday.
He was struck multiple times in the chest in a hail of bullets fired from a passing vehicle on W. 147th St. near Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Police found Martinez gasping for air in the truck, shot six times in his arm and once in his chest, sources said. He also had a graze wound on the left side of his chin.
Medics rushed him to Harlem Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved. Cops have made no immediate arrests.
Martinez was a controversial figure on the streets of Harlem after he testified against underlings in his murderous drug-trafficking ring to avoid a life sentence, including his enforcer, Wayne Perry, who got a life sentence in plea arrangement, to avoid the death penalty in 1994.

Police identified the victim Sunday as Abraham Rodriguez, of Lewiston, Maine. That name may have been given to him as part of his witness protection program.
A high-ranking police source confirmed the victim was actually Alpo.
But Martinez hardly kept a low profile after his release into witness protection. In a 2019 clip on YouTube he discussed killing his best friend Porter.
Martinez described how he had his “little man” shoot Porter twice as they were all in a van, but when they went to dump his body, they realized he was still alive.
“So I grabbed the gun, I grabbed the gun from my little man and I put one in his head, and then I had to pick him up, I had to pick him up and dump him,” Martinez said, describing how he finished off his partner.

Nearly 32 years later Martinez himself was shot on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 147 Street in Harlem, early Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021.
The former Harlem drug lord was struck multiple times in the chest in a hail of bullets fired from a passing vehicle on W. 147th St. near Frederick Douglass Blvd in Harlem.
Police found Martinez gasping for air in the truck, shot six times in his arm and once in his chest, sources said. He also had a graze wound on the left side of his chin.
Medics rushed him to Harlem Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved.
NYPD have made no immediate arrests.
Martinez was a controversial figure on the streets of Harlem after he testified against underlings in his murderous drug-trafficking ring to avoid a life sentence, including his enforcer, Wayne Perry, who got a life sentence in 1994, in a plea arrangement, that took the death penalty off the table.

Alpo Martinez glamming it up outside at the NY Fashion Week early October 2021

A police source, who said the RAM truck Martinez was driving had Texas tags, adding that Martinez was ‘asking for trouble the second he returned to his old Harlem Haunts,’ the source said.
‘You were in the witness protection program because you testified against other drug dealers,’ he said. ‘You’d make a lot of enemies who have a score to settle. When you return to the same area, word will get out very fast. He’s back in the zone.’
Martinez ran a drug ring that spanned from New York to Washington dealing cocaine and crack in the 1980s. 
After his 1991 arrest, he would eventually confess to 14 murders before becoming a government witness.
Martinez had been living under witness protection after being released from prison in 2015.
He was serving a 35-year sentence at ADX Florence, a federal supermax prison in Colorado.
However, even while in the federal program Martinez could not resist the lure of the streets. After he was released into a witness protection program in 2015 and was awaiting a new identity, he surfaced in 2019 in Harlem, talking to a crowd of people on the street, captured on video posted on Instagram.

Martinez has had a minor influence on pop culture, immortalized by rapper and actor Cam’ron’s portrayal of him in the 2002 movie, ‘Paid in Full’.  Actor Mekhi Phifer played a character based on Porter, who was 24 when he was killed. Jay-Z was among the movie’s producers.
Jay Z, Nas and 50 Cent have all written songs referencing Martinez.
The family of his victim Rich Porter celebrated the news Sunday. Porter was Martinez’s business partner who the kingpin gunned down in 1990.   Porter was 24 at the time.
‘We waited for a long time for this day to come and we are happy. That’s why we’re out here celebrating, drinking champagne,’ a 37-year-old niece of Porter’s who gave her name only as Lorell told the New York Daily News as she poured herself more bubbly into a fancy glass. 
‘Everybody’s reaction right now is celebrating. It’s a celebration for Harlem, period.’ 

Porter’s family after Sunday’s drive by shooting said they finally felt a measure of relief.
“Now my uncle can finally rest in peace, 32 years later,” his niece said. “It’s just that the pain my mother felt all these years, I been feeling the pain with her.”
“Every dog has their day and today was his,” she said of Martinez.
“I believe in karma, and I’m glad that I was here to witness it.”
The family was also honoring the memory of Porter’s younger brother Donnell Porter, who at 12 years old was kidnapped, held for $500,000 ransom and ultimately murdered before his big brother could come up with the cash.

Martinez’s truck rear-ended another motorist who told police he heard the shots but didn’t see what happened, sources said. The Dodge Ram then crashed into three parked cars by W. 147th St., sources said.
Word of his demise drew shocked neighbors to the scene throughout the day Sunday.
In a 2020 YouTube interview with Unique, another Harlem drug kingpin from the ‘80s and ‘90s, c
“I’m not promoting being a rat, being a government witness. I’m promoting you get locked up, you do what you gotta do. … Because the code of the streets, that’s where you gonna get poked up. I didn’t live by that code. So where the code at? I need the rule book,” he told Unique.
“For the youth: I’m not promoting being a rat, I’m not promoting being the biggest thug in the streets. I’m promoting do what you gotta do, and be the best at it.”