Alberto Martinez

Alberto Martinez better known as "Alpo" is a Harlem-bred drug lord, of Puerto Rican descent. He rose to power in the 1980s alongside teenage friends Rich Porter and Azie Faison. Their life story was the basis for the urban cult classic film Paid in full starring Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, and Cam'ron. The Film was produced by Damon Dash's Roc-A-Fella Films in 2002. The majority of his Drug trade was centralized around the North East cities of New York City, Virginia Beach and Washington DC. Alpo was well known all over Harlem, and had a penchant for expensive clothes, jewelry, and exotic sports cars. For fourth of July celebrations, he was known to buy upwards of $20,000 worth of fireworks. After Azie Faison was shot 9 times in a botched robbery attempt, Rich Porter and Alpo Martinez took over Drug operations in Harlem. Other main cities of operation were Washington D.C., and Virginia Beach. On the night of January 3, 1990 Martinez and an accomplice murdered Rich Porter. Porter was murdered because of drug money supposedly owed to Martinez. After the death of Rich Porter, Alpo himself was later shot in D.C., supposedly by a known drug dealer named "Butter-Ball", but survived. Shortly after arriving in D.C. he would be introduced to Wayne Perry , a notorious criminal from Washington D.C. . Once the two teamed up, they started committing murders to protect their criminal enterprise. Wayne Perry was later tried and convicted on multiple counts of first degree murder , because of Alpo Martinez' testimony and is currently serving a life sentence at ADX Florence supermax. Alpo is currently serving a life sentence for 14 homicides including the murder of Rich Porter. There is also a documentary made about Alpo entitled " Game Over pt. 2 The Alpo Story".

Information On His Arrest

November 10, 1991; Page d3
"A New York man sought by the FBI for more than a year on cocaine distribution charges in Northern Virginia and wanted for questioning in drug-related killings from Washington to New York was arrested yesterday in the District Alberto "Alpo" Martinez, 25, was arrested just after midnight Thursday by the FBI and D.C. police as he drove his truck in Southeast Washington near Pennsylvania and Minnesota avenues, said his attorney, Thomas Abbenante.

"The FBI and D.C. police provided only scant information yesterday about Martinez's arrest, saying that their investigations into his alleged drug dealing and his possible involvement in homicides are continuing.

"Law enforcement sources said Martinez is believed to have information about some highly publicized homicides here in recent months, including the July 16 killing of D.C. drug dealer Michael Antkhony Salters and the Oct. 21 daylight killings of Timothy Cohen and Mark Mullen at Sam's Car Wash in Temple hills.

"According to an affidavit filed in April at U.S. District Court in Alexandria in support of Martinez's arrest, Martinez served as liaison between a New York cocaine operation and drug dealers in the Washington, Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg area.".