He plays the lead role in “Griselda”, the Netflix series Sofia Vergara The film is about the life of the notorious drug trafficker Griselda Blanco. There are a large number of characters who were crucial to the Colombian woman's rise to power in Miami, such as Jesus “Chucho” Castro either Rafo Rodríguez “Amílcar”However, none are as prominent as Jorge “Rivi” Ayala Rivera.
The Colombian plays a prominent role as a contract killer on behalf of “the godmother of cocaine“, responsible for the death of opponents who also “Black widowand, contrary to production, he was not a bodyguard for other characters before joining Blanco.
However, there is one detail that is overlooked in the Netflix series and that is that Rivi was found guilty of having phone sex with two members Miami-Dade District Attorney's Officewhich complicated the process, which reduced the sentence for Griselda Blanco.
Jorge Ayala, known as “Rivi”, was Griselda Blanco's personal assassin (Photo: Cocaine Cowboys / Facebook)
THE “RIVI” AYALA TELEPHONE SEX SCANDAL
The drug dealer's executioner was not only a deadly and ruthless murderer, but also a very charismatic and seductive figure, as investigators have pointed out more than once that there was a certain attraction between “Rivi” and Griselda, but the former Because she got the fame Knowing the second person who murdered their husbands if they suspected, she drew a line of professionalism that she wouldn't dare break.
Nevertheless, Ayala had no qualms about interacting with Sherry Rossbach and Raquel Navarro, the secretaries of the prosecutor's office that was probing the case for his confession, since he had confessed that he had committed three murders on behalf of Griselda.
Days before the deal, Rivi had been arrested on firearms charges when he was caught on a surveillance camera attempting to rob a Chicago bank. Since he was facing the death penalty for his crimes, the hitman agreed to testify against his former boss.
Although his testimony allowed him to build a solid case, it was marred by the discovery that he had phone sex with two people close to the prosecution, which could jeopardize the trial. The scandal cost Michael Band his job.
“Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle said any telephone relationship with Ayala was indefensible. “Given that Ayala is a witness and the secretaries had access to the prosecution's files, investigators feared that the case could be compromised,” said a report by the Tampa Bay News more than 30 years ago have.
“RIVI” AYALA HELPED GRISELDA BLANCO IN HER ARREST
Once their history of crime became known, it was very likely that Rivi and Griselda's fate would be the death penalty. However, their confession and disclosure of how the system worked allowed them to exchange their sentence for a life sentence or, failing that, a heavy fine.
On his part Rivi Ayala decided to “present evidence against it Griselda Blanco in exchange for the state not seeking the death penalty against him for the murders he had committed on their behalf,” although he later managed to lose credibility in the report by seducing two members of the prosecution.
“We like to believe that Rivi did this intentionally, as a gift to her, as a sacrifice, as a final act of loyalty. Happens? We do not know. But it feels good,” he said. Eric NewmanCo-creator and executive producer of “Griselda.”
For the producer, he felt “pure love” for Griselda, which is why he tried to avoid a worse fate for her until the end.
“I think Rivi's story, and I've thought about it quite a bit, is about a man who for a moment thinks he has a heart, and then he starts to feel something he's never felt before: an asexual connection with Griselda. “I don't think it's as simple as, 'Oh, I want to join this person because I think they're going to go far,'” he added.