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Diomedes! Diomedes!
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I carry the music with me.
I was born with it.
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What happens is
a cultural and moral commitment
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to my country through folklore.
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We've doubled the size of the crowd.
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People are more aware
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of the vallenato style that's sung
with the soul, made with the soul.
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These are my fans!
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God bless all of you!
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A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
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My fans are crazy like me,
but they're good people.
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The musical phenomenon
of Diomedes Díaz is as complex
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as the life of the singer.
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He's currently one of the best-selling
Colombian musical artists.
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Twenty years ago,
no one was willing to bet on his future.
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Everything that happened to him
he made into a song.
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He wrote about his experiences.
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You see? That's just vallenato.
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Diomedes was a genius,
but you had to watch him 24/7.
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I spent around 30 years
doing drugs with Diomedes Díaz.
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Why? Because Diomedes was a party man.
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How much
is Diomedes' mouth worth?
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Including a kiss…
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…a very large sum of money.
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Money is definitely good. It's fun.
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It's the complement to women.
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Money, of course.
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You're a man who sings beautifully,
so you must have a good heart.
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He was beautiful.
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A beautiful thing. Well,
I've always been very affectionate
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and greatly respected women.
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I've never played with them,
quite the opposite.
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I managed his fan club.
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I'm the godfather of about 51 of them.
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They say, "Jaimito, you're the godfather."
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"Jaimito, you're the…"
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Yes, sir!
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Diomedes,
has your conscience ever tormented you
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for hurting a fan?
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Is there a story you remember?
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Of course.
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There's nothing more dangerous
than a resentful fan.
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That's clear as day.
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Doris Adriana…
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She was a friend of ours,
of the whole group.
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I would see her at the studios.
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She approached me trying
to get closer to Diomedes.
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Another fan.
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One of many.
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To all my fans!
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Who are mine
and no one can take away.
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Diomedes said, "Doris Adriana
is going to get me into trouble."
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"But don't worry about it."
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I said, "Buddy, be careful with that."
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The bad moments in your life,
you try to erase them.
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SHE WENT ON A DATE WITH DIOMEDES
AND DIDN'T COME BACK
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Despite the strange circumstances
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surrounding the death
of a friend of Diomedes,
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which involved the singer,
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tonight, he's launching his latest record
in Valledupar, titled Mi Biografía.
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From my heart,
to all of Colombia,
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to all my fans.
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I wrote these songs
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with a message
of love and peace for everyone.
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We kept performing as usual.
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But they linked him.
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For the past five months,
Diomedes Díaz has been a fugitive
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of the law.
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He disappeared in August,
and no one knows his whereabouts.
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Do you still stand
behind your accusation?
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At this time, we're still holding
Mr. Diomedes Díaz responsible.
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How do you explain
your sister's overdose?
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Simple. She was murdered.
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They wanted to put Dad in jail.
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They wanted to put him in a cell.
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My father was protecting himself
running away.
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It was a critical time.
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Diomedes was all alone.
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He cried with me.
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I would say, "Don't worry, Dad."
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"This is a test from God
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so you can get out of this
and be the amazing person
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you've always been."
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"We believe in you
and your innocence, Dad."
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THE KIDS ARE WITH YOU, DIOMEDES
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You live it!
You feel it! Diomedes is innocent!
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I WILL DEFEND THE CHIEF TO DEATH
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It's the only thing
being talked about in the music world.
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We, the fans, welcomed him
to show him our support
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so he knew he wasn't alone,
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even though people in the capital
asked how we could support a murderer.
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It's because he was our singer, our idol.
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Idol is a title reserved for God.
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WE BELIEVE IN YOUR INNOCENCE
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During the first interview he gave
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after the death of Doris Adriana Niño,
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Diomedes assured everyone
that Adriana left his bedroom alive.
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I have no idea what happens
outside my bedroom door.
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Had I known anything,
I wouldn't have let it happen. Okay?
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If that had been the case with the girl,
may God rest her soul,
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Had she had a seizure
right in front of me,
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I would've helped her right away.
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I would've taken her
to the hospital myself.
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That's me. That's Diomedes Díaz.
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They had plotted it so well…
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that it could've been the perfect crime.
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They wanted to end Diomedes.
That was clear.
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VALLENATO LEGEND PARK
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We did worry.
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By that time, he wasn't the same Diomedes.
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SINGER
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The person I first met
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he was a humble man.
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Totally sincere.
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A man who lived
for himself and his family.
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Without a direction…
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Diomedes, he was a farmer…
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and God graced him.
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I remember
when he was five or six,
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a lot of accordion players came here.
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COMPOSER
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I believe it is in the environment.
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In every town, every city, every nation,
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there are different traditions.
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This place is bursting with melodies.
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You write a verse and the kids follow.
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That's where it grew, his musical wealth,
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since he was a kid.
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I met Diomedes at my house.
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He arrived, sat down, and started singing.
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HISTORIAN
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My dad was inside and immediately came out
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and he said, "Son, who are your parents?"
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And he said so-and-so.
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"No way!" And he hugged him.
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"That's why you sing so beautifully.
Of course!"
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He inherited it
from his grandfather,
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because they were los juglares.
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We have, according to the different
geographic areas of the country,
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different types of music.
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HOST OF EL SHOW DE LAS ESTRELLAS
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In northern Colombia,
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we have the queen, cumbia.
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Vallenato is folklore music
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that deserves the utmost respect
due to its tradition.
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It was already here
when Christopher Columbus arrived.
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It's related to cumbia.
They have the same roots.
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The accordion arrived,
and it was added to what they knew,
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and it definitely enriched it.
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I call them dynasties
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because they've prevailed
since the 19th century.
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One is the Maestres.
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I could talk non-stop for half an hour
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about the musicians,
composers, accordionists,
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decimeros of that dynasty of masters,
to which Diomedes belonged.
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So Diomedes was not
what he was by accident.
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SINGER AND ACCORDION PLAYER
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When there was a party
and they saw Diomedes coming,
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they would disrupt the party.
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"Here comes the screamer.
The rascal is coming."
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He had verses.
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For example…
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He was an amazing verse writer.
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He was supposed to stay here
singing for us, being an unknown.
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He came to Valledupar
with holes in his shoes.
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He was a real farmer.
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Valledupar is considered
the capital of vallenato music.
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Once again in Valledupar.
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RADIO ANNOUNCER
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Radio Guatapurí
was the main radio station.
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I think it still is.
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This kid showed up.
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"Oh, you're Diomedes?"
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"Yeah, I just recorded this album."
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So they gave him a bicycle.
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"Use this to deliver the mail."
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He had never ridden a bike.
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But he went out with the bike
and parked it.
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I worked on foot.
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I was all sweaty and stuff,
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but anything's possible.
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I earned the love of everyone in town,
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all those guys who worked on the radio,
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they're my friends to this day.
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But I just did it to get my album played.
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On Radio Guatapurí, a new voice.
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Rafael Orozco singing
the hit "Cariñito de Mi Vida,"
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written by Diomedes Díaz.
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I called him and said, "Man,
Diomedes, I'm Emilio Oviedo."
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ACCORDION PLAYER
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"I'm collecting songs because I'm going
to record with Rafael Orozco."
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"Wow, thank you so much for your help."
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"I really wanna be known."
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"I recorded some tracks,
but they haven't taken off."
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"I have beautiful songs.
I'll give you whatever you want."
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And I said, "Okay."
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"It's called 'Cariñito de Mi Vida.'"
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"Great. Let's check it out."
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GREATEST HITS
RAFAEL OROZCO, EMILIO OVIEDO
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When I said, "Diomedes,
bro, we're gonna record a song for you,"
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he was dying of joy.
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"That's great!"
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And Emilio called Rafa.
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"Rafa, come here."
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"Let's say hello to Diomedes here."
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"Tell him, 'Diomedes Díaz,
el Cacique de La Junta.'"
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And that nickname stuck.
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El Cacique de La Junta,
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Diomedes Díaz.
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Soon after that, he'd already had
the duet with El Debe López
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and they were heading for CBS.
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I went to that recording, at CBS,
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which is now Sony Music.
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He recorded three songs and took off.
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It was crazy.
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I wrote that song for my wife, Patricia.
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"La Ventana Marroncita."
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When they shot at me from that window.
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-Why?
-Because I loved her,
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but nobody trusted Diomedes Díaz.
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That's when Diomedes' career took off.
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He joined Colacho Mendoza
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and they found success.
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TWO GREATS
DIOMEDES DÍAZ AND COLACHO MENDOZA
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Diomedes begins to spread
vallenato throughout the country.
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THE PROFESSIONALS
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FOR MY FANS …
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YOUR SERENADE
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And his record company begins
to promote the songs he's launching.
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WITH A LOT OF STYLE
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DIOMEDES DÍAZ - COLACHO MENDOZA
SINGING
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With Colacho,
it was a very traditional group.
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CASHIER
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So Diomedes said,
"I wanna be more commercial."
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I like that song by El Cocha.
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"New Blood."
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The gestures, the greetings…
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Everything Diomedes did was commercial.
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Others sang better.
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Rafael Orozco had a better voice.
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He was very competitive,
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but on stage,
they didn't look like enemies.
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MANAGER, 1994-1996
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They could say, "I love you, I love you,"
but there's always that musical jealousy.
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Diomedes connected more
to the people.
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More rural.
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OFFICIAL PRESENTER
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Toothless, he had a droopy eye,
no education, no culture.
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I mean, everything was lined up
for him to fail.
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Others were more technical,
better dressed.
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They had a different look than Diomedes.
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That was their advantage over us.
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But working,
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practicing,
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putting in the time,
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he became a very unique singer.
259
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He was the one most connected to the fans.
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He expressed what he felt,
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and that's what people liked.
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When he went on stage, he transformed.
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He was unlike anyone else.
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He made three CDs with Cocha,
265
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but then it was time for a change.
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"Who should we get?"
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I said, "Man, Juancho Rois
just left Jorge Oñate. Let's get him."
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FRIEND AND MANAGER
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THE STORES TERREMOTO AND CANDELA SUPPORT
JUANCHO ROIS AT THE XXIV VALLENATO FEST
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Juancho Rois.
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Amazing.
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Juancho Rois is an artist.
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Sometimes he'll be over there
with his accordion and I'll be over here.
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And for example,
I want to play "La Chinita,"
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this is what I do.
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ACCORDION PLAYER, 1985-1994
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We use sign language.
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If he wants to play
"La Palomita Volantona," he'll do this…
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Play "Guapa," it's…
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"La Paloma Volantona."
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Or, for example, "El Besito."
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If we're talkin' about…
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for example, "Lluvia de Verano,"
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he goes like…
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You know?
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That's when the good year
started for Diomedes.
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SONY MUSIC GENERAL MANAGER, 1979-1984
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He became an idol
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and people already felt
like Diomedes was the best.
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Wherever he went,
people went crazy.
291
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Diomedes!
292
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Diomedes went on stage
and the audience went crazy.
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Kids, adults, women, men,
294
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everyone was crazy about Diomedes.
295
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Everyone, their mouths open.
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That's how it was.
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A smashing success.
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Songs that were hits on the radio
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and that sold records.
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And logically, Sony took advantage of that
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to turn him into the most important
artist in Colombian music.
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WORLD CUP
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Debuting a Diomedes Díaz song
during the World Cup
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That commercial with Diomedes Díaz
rang throughout all of Colombia.
305
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Diomedes Díaz was
a bestseller his whole life.
306
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Diomedes would release a CD
and it would sell like hotcakes.
307
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Everyone knew that May 26th
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was Diomedes' birthday,
when he would release an album.
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ACCORDION PLAYER, 1995-1998
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Shoemakers, street sellers,
they would save up,
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waiting for the Diomedes' CD
to drop so they could buy it.
312
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When his album hit the street,
there were tapes available,
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obviously poor quality.
314
00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:46,615
Piracy was big business
and a mafia started up.
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The music of El Cacique de La Junta.
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The father of all singers.
317
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For vallenato fans, Diomedes was a god.
318
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Thank you!
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Thank you, my people!
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Diomedes was very original.
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Very much himself.
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He had everything to become a superstar.
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With pleasure!
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PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA, 1994-1998
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But what Diomedes
did was make a qualitative leap
326
00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:41,878
and take vallenato to every corner
327
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and connect directly with the people,
328
00:23:44,047 --> 00:23:47,467
which was something I felt
in my campaign closing statement.
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Because I'm going to repeat
330
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the feat of the Colombian national team.
331
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And we're going to score five goals
against poverty in Colombia.
332
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On Colombia's Caribbean coast,
333
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those who can't sing vallenato
have no political future.
334
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:13,577
When Diomedes arrived,
I said, "Diomedes, you're late."
335
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"These people deserve better."
336
00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:20,292
And he told me, "Look, Samper."
337
00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:22,043
"If you don't get on that stage,
338
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I'm going to take away the 60,000 votes
that are waiting or you out there."
339
00:24:27,716 --> 00:24:29,551
"And that are waiting for me there."
340
00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:32,971
"So you better get up there
if you don't want to lose those people."
341
00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:35,640
A round of applause!
342
00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:38,143
The joy of vallenato!
343
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The enthusiasm of the Barranquilleros!
344
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He would've been more successful.
345
00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:47,068
Much more successful.
346
00:24:47,152 --> 00:24:49,237
But he was totally uninterested.
347
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:50,655
Money meant nothing to him.
348
00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:51,615
FRIEND
349
00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:55,952
He would come by with a bunch of money
and give it away.
350
00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:58,371
That's why Diomedes was a poor rich guy.
351
00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:00,957
Because he gave everything away.
352
00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:02,709
To everyone.
353
00:25:04,085 --> 00:25:06,796
At the time, he was spending
about a million pesos a day.
354
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,132
SON
355
00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:13,887
That's really when my dad's era
of economic wealth began in earnest.
356
00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:17,140
Quadruple-platinum.
357
00:25:17,224 --> 00:25:20,769
Thanks to the sales
of your album Título de Amor.
358
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The first Colombian singer
to make one million dollars
359
00:25:24,439 --> 00:25:26,358
doing a concert was Diomedes Díaz.
360
00:25:26,441 --> 00:25:27,484
Bags of money, man.
361
00:25:27,567 --> 00:25:29,319
Suitcases full of money at the house.
362
00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:32,364
Does it still hurt?
363
00:25:32,447 --> 00:25:33,949
It's not glued.
364
00:25:35,617 --> 00:25:37,285
All or nothing. Like that.
365
00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:45,752
Diomedes, where did you get
the idea to put a diamond in your tooth?
366
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,005
Well, I had this idea
a long time ago.
367
00:25:49,089 --> 00:25:50,840
Practically since I was a kid.
368
00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:54,678
But it isn't to show off.
369
00:25:55,428 --> 00:25:56,805
I want my voice to shine
370
00:25:56,888 --> 00:25:59,349
and my songs to shine
with my diamond there.
371
00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:03,478
And also if I have
all this money sitting in the bank,
372
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:04,813
what use is it to me?
373
00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:06,940
I'm better off having it in my mouth.
374
00:26:07,023 --> 00:26:07,941
That's how I earned it.
375
00:26:08,024 --> 00:26:09,526
And so my fans can see it daily.
376
00:26:09,609 --> 00:26:12,320
I feel happy
and also my toothache is gone away.
377
00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:57,824
When he got really big…
378
00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:03,496
Diomedes was the apple
of the drug traffickers' eyes.
379
00:27:04,539 --> 00:27:05,957
FRIEND
380
00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:08,335
He could've had half of Colombia
if he wanted,
381
00:27:08,418 --> 00:27:09,878
as vulgar as that is,
382
00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:14,841
because the mobsters offered him
millions and millions,
383
00:27:14,924 --> 00:27:16,676
millions right in front of me,
384
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,511
because they were proud of him.
385
00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:21,264
And why did they look for him?
386
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:23,850
Because he was popular.
387
00:27:25,101 --> 00:27:27,312
Because Diomedes attracted them.
388
00:27:27,395 --> 00:27:28,980
He was the perfect party trick.
389
00:27:30,231 --> 00:27:31,775
And had he said no,
390
00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:33,485
he would have lived a long time.
391
00:27:42,410 --> 00:27:44,913
We went to play
for Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela,
392
00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:46,831
at his second wedding, in Cali.
393
00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:50,210
And he goes on stage and sings
394
00:27:50,293 --> 00:27:52,712
and the bride requests "El Santo Cachón."
395
00:27:52,796 --> 00:27:55,632
And he shouted,
"No, I don't sing that kind of music."
396
00:27:55,715 --> 00:27:57,217
"My music is different."
397
00:27:58,343 --> 00:27:59,719
We left at 7:30 a.m.
398
00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:16,861
It's an unpleasant down side,
399
00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:19,489
the drug trafficking meddling
with the music industry.
400
00:28:19,572 --> 00:28:21,700
And the vallenato was not immune to this.
401
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:25,537
A bonanza came to the Guajira.
402
00:28:25,620 --> 00:28:27,580
The marimba players
who were called the "Marimber."
403
00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:30,458
We stopped playing there
because Diomedes liked it a lot.
404
00:28:31,668 --> 00:28:33,545
Diomedes,
and not just Diomedes,
405
00:28:33,628 --> 00:28:36,756
everyone in that generation,
grew up right at that time.
406
00:28:38,007 --> 00:28:41,219
We were beginning an era,
the era of narco corruption,
407
00:28:41,302 --> 00:28:42,345
narco terrorism,
408
00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:44,264
with people like Pablo Escobar.
409
00:28:46,307 --> 00:28:49,144
My money has no ties
to drug trafficking.
410
00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:51,438
In Antioquia,
everyone knows of my investments
411
00:28:51,521 --> 00:28:54,190
in the fields of industry,
livestock, and construction.
412
00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:09,706
GENERAL EDITOR OF EL ESPECTADOR
413
00:29:09,789 --> 00:29:11,458
The drug cartels were there
for a long time
414
00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:13,460
to rule as they saw fit.
415
00:29:15,962 --> 00:29:18,214
SAMPER
PRESIDENT, KNOCK OUT UNEMPLOYMENT
416
00:29:20,008 --> 00:29:23,428
The Cali cartel made
a multi-million contribution
417
00:29:23,511 --> 00:29:25,388
to Ernesto Samper's campaign.
418
00:29:25,972 --> 00:29:28,892
They had already permeated
absolutely everything.
419
00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:33,605
The economy, soccer,
politics… all legal businesses.
420
00:29:33,688 --> 00:29:37,734
Drug trafficking was present and somehow
it had also generated a culture,
421
00:29:37,817 --> 00:29:39,778
which was the "traqueta" culture.
422
00:29:46,159 --> 00:29:48,244
We were trustworthy and it paid us well.
423
00:29:50,997 --> 00:29:52,415
One day we were at a show.
424
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,627
Before playing, Diomedes arrives.
425
00:29:56,252 --> 00:29:57,587
"Bro, I have some cousins
426
00:29:57,670 --> 00:30:00,423
who have some powder
that helps out when you're tired."
427
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:03,635
"You don't get drunk
or anything like that."
428
00:30:03,718 --> 00:30:04,719
"Come on."
429
00:30:06,012 --> 00:30:07,722
I said, "Well, sure, then."
430
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:10,975
All the pain I had was gone.
431
00:30:12,727 --> 00:30:14,437
And Diomedes was over there,
432
00:30:14,521 --> 00:30:16,272
"Bro, look how well it works!"
433
00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:20,151
From there on, we started using cocaine.
434
00:30:33,248 --> 00:30:36,835
Mundo Costeño. We'll be right back.
435
00:30:38,169 --> 00:30:40,922
For the first time in history,
in the United States,
436
00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:45,301
I'm with one of our great musicians
from the northern Colombian coast.
437
00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:47,762
He came through the big doors
to the United States.
438
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:50,056
He did so in New York, like the gods.
439
00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,935
We toured the United States
for a month and a half.
440
00:30:55,311 --> 00:30:56,938
The piggy bank is empty!
441
00:30:57,021 --> 00:30:59,440
-Will you give me two dollars?
-Fifty cents.
442
00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:01,609
No, man, the blind man
was humiliated today.
443
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:03,152
The only winner is me!
444
00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:07,866
It was a tour
full of happiness, partying,
445
00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:09,909
drugs, lots of things.
446
00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:14,914
In many places.
447
00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:15,957
NEW YORK
JULY 1995
448
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,334
First and foremost,
Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.
449
00:31:21,921 --> 00:31:25,466
Later, on a Wednesday,
we had to play in Maracaibo
450
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,051
for some drug traffickers.
451
00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:31,681
We traveled and Diomedes partied,
452
00:31:31,764 --> 00:31:33,850
and Diomedes couldn't make it.
453
00:31:35,643 --> 00:31:37,270
Wait a second.
454
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,691
The pilot was wanted by the DEA
455
00:31:41,774 --> 00:31:43,776
and had had an expired pilot's license.
456
00:31:44,527 --> 00:31:46,905
And there, that was an omen
of what was coming.
457
00:31:51,701 --> 00:31:53,620
About halfway there, the plane lurched.
458
00:31:58,458 --> 00:32:00,835
And I thought,
"What is going to happen to us?"
459
00:32:01,461 --> 00:32:05,256
When they asked for a runway
at El Tigre, they got no answer.
460
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,719
The left wing
hit an electrical tower.
461
00:32:11,304 --> 00:32:13,056
The plane fell nose first.
462
00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:15,433
It broke in half.
463
00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:25,485
Juancho died
in the medical center.
464
00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:31,115
The irony couldn't be crueler.
465
00:32:31,699 --> 00:32:34,494
One month and five days
before his tragic death,
466
00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:38,081
Juancho Rois lived the most
transcendent moment of his life.
467
00:32:38,164 --> 00:32:39,624
Marrying Jenny Dereix
468
00:32:39,707 --> 00:32:42,377
in the San Pablo Apóstol
de Montería Church.
469
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,213
In the Montería club,
470
00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:47,173
a friend who was on top of the world,
471
00:32:47,256 --> 00:32:48,633
Diomedes Díaz.
472
00:32:51,052 --> 00:32:55,098
That affected him quite a bit.
Diomedes soon tried to drown his sorrows.
473
00:32:57,433 --> 00:33:00,186
Why? I can't believe it. It's not fair.
474
00:33:34,053 --> 00:33:35,847
Of all the things I have to tell him,
475
00:33:35,930 --> 00:33:39,225
I think the most important
is for him to take care of himself
476
00:33:39,308 --> 00:33:41,185
and for him to know who he really is.
477
00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:55,742
Dad became so popular
he no longer had time for himself.
478
00:33:58,411 --> 00:33:59,454
My dad didn't rest.
479
00:33:59,537 --> 00:34:01,414
He worked Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday,
480
00:34:01,497 --> 00:34:03,541
and if Monday was a holiday, book it.
481
00:34:08,337 --> 00:34:11,257
Then came a time when Dad
could no longer be in the house.
482
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:15,970
He would tell me, "Jaimito,
wake me up! Get me up!"
483
00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:19,015
But to wake him up,
you had to start three hours before,
484
00:34:19,098 --> 00:34:20,558
because he wouldn't get up.
485
00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:24,854
He was always out late partying.
486
00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:27,690
His vice had taken over.
487
00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:30,193
-Cocaine.
-Basuco and cocaine.
488
00:34:34,113 --> 00:34:35,364
Everyone!
489
00:34:41,829 --> 00:34:42,663
Everyone!
490
00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,252
In the eyes of the world,
and everyone knew it,
491
00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:50,713
Diomedes was not the most disciplined man.
492
00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:54,050
Usually, when Diomedes Díaz
released a record,
493
00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:55,718
there were people in the back,
494
00:34:55,802 --> 00:35:00,515
friends who were with him drinking rum
and partying with him, and more.
495
00:35:02,809 --> 00:35:05,144
And to the jealous boyfriends,
when we look at your girl,
496
00:35:05,228 --> 00:35:07,396
don't get angry. It's harmless affection.
497
00:35:09,982 --> 00:35:11,734
People started to, uh…
498
00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:14,821
They broke everything.
Showcases, bottles…
499
00:35:15,696 --> 00:35:16,531
Total chaos.
500
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:27,041
Hey!
501
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,626
Behave!
502
00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:35,842
And let me warn you guys who are fighting.
503
00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:38,261
A party without a fight isn't a party.
504
00:35:38,344 --> 00:35:40,346
But don't get too carried away.
505
00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:46,561
And remember
that Christ is 1997 years old.
506
00:35:47,895 --> 00:35:49,355
Let me tell you, basuco,
507
00:35:49,438 --> 00:35:51,232
if you try it and you like it,
508
00:35:54,861 --> 00:35:57,822
it pulls you pretty much down to ruin.
509
00:35:58,739 --> 00:35:59,907
PERSONAL ASSISTANT, 1979-1997
510
00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:01,200
The basuco was popular.
511
00:36:01,284 --> 00:36:04,328
Everyone wanted to try it
to see what it felt like.
512
00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:11,210
But Diomedes' weakness was women.
513
00:36:15,131 --> 00:36:16,424
One day, he told me,
514
00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:18,885
"Bro, let's count
how many children I have."
515
00:36:21,220 --> 00:36:24,724
"Ah-ha, and the one you had there
you counted that one too, right?"
516
00:36:24,807 --> 00:36:25,808
"Write it down there."
517
00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:27,643
"Did you remember any other ones?"
518
00:36:28,144 --> 00:36:31,439
So, we counted and counted
up to 35 children.
519
00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:34,942
But I think there were like 70.
520
00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:37,028
Wherever he went,
521
00:36:37,111 --> 00:36:38,362
he had lots of women.
522
00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:42,325
I've never seen anyone
seek them out so much.
523
00:36:43,075 --> 00:36:44,410
But it isn't his fault.
524
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:50,249
If you go to a hotel at 5:00 a.m. to sleep
and ten women are waiting there…
525
00:36:54,170 --> 00:36:56,881
Well, he doesn't bat for the other team
so he did it.
526
00:36:58,758 --> 00:37:01,761
When a girlfriend would call,
he'd say, "Don't tell your mom
527
00:37:01,844 --> 00:37:04,055
or we'll both be in trouble."
528
00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:08,476
He said that women
had to be taken care of a lot.
529
00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:10,770
That we were here for women.
530
00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:12,855
His reasoning was,
531
00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:16,192
"They're the ones who wash,
they're the ones who cook."
532
00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:17,944
"So how can we not love them?"
533
00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:20,154
He made songs for them.
534
00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:23,074
He loved them so much
that he even gave them children.
535
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:29,747
Until one day, Diomedes arrived
and I introduced him to a little girl.
536
00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:34,335
And the first time I saw him. Wow.
537
00:37:34,418 --> 00:37:35,503
WIDOW
538
00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:38,381
Very tall. He was dressed in black
with a scarf.
539
00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:43,636
And he was walking in a military style,
with his chest puffed out,
540
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,388
and he looked divine.
541
00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:48,557
He asked me what I wanted
542
00:37:48,641 --> 00:37:51,394
that I hadn't received
for my 15th birthday.
543
00:37:59,902 --> 00:38:01,070
I told him
544
00:38:02,321 --> 00:38:03,406
a necklace.
545
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:08,369
About an hour later,
he arrived with two lovebirds.
546
00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:09,912
"Do you know what this means?"
547
00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:11,289
I said, "No."
548
00:38:12,331 --> 00:38:14,500
"That means we're never going to be apart
549
00:38:14,583 --> 00:38:16,210
and you're going to be my wife."
550
00:38:28,597 --> 00:38:31,267
A relationship
that quickly turned sour.
551
00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:34,895
Women everywhere, but…
552
00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:37,982
when he was in Bogotá, he was with me.
553
00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,240
Then Doris met Diomedes.
554
00:38:48,909 --> 00:38:51,370
Doris Adriana, she was never
a friend of mine.
555
00:38:52,788 --> 00:38:53,998
There were many fans.
556
00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:58,711
He saw her two or three times.
557
00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:01,839
Sure I knew who she was, logically.
558
00:39:01,922 --> 00:39:02,798
BODYGUARD
559
00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:06,135
Just another fan,
with whom he had a sentimental bond.
560
00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:13,684
I met her at some parties.
561
00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:16,896
My relationship with her
was not an official relationship.
562
00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:19,857
It was just an opportunity,
like so many others.
563
00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:22,443
They're not just looking for me.
I'm also a scoundrel.
564
00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:24,070
DORIS A. NIÑO'S BROTHER
565
00:39:24,153 --> 00:39:25,946
Well, when she meets Diomedes,
566
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:29,075
I believe she was about 24 years old.
567
00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:36,290
I understand that they met at a concert.
568
00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:39,418
Diomedes saw her and was bedazzled by her.
569
00:39:41,003 --> 00:39:43,422
He sent a bodyguard
to get her phone number.
570
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,176
I can't be sure what he wanted,
571
00:39:47,259 --> 00:39:50,054
but on occasion he went too far with her.
572
00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:55,101
I mean, I never saw anything first hand,
573
00:39:55,184 --> 00:39:58,813
but my sister told me a few times
that he was a disgusting person.
574
00:40:00,272 --> 00:40:03,984
So much so that she asked me
to change the house phone number.
575
00:40:05,694 --> 00:40:08,531
And thus end the harassment by Diomedes,
576
00:40:08,614 --> 00:40:12,451
who would call at all hours of the night,
even at dawn.
577
00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:21,085
Until, unfortunately, on May 14th,
578
00:40:21,877 --> 00:40:23,421
at ten o'clock in the evening,
579
00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:26,006
when the phone rang.
580
00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:30,344
MAY 14, 1997
581
00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:37,560
That day I was in the hotel relaxing.
582
00:40:37,643 --> 00:40:40,813
Iván Zuleta asked me,
"Castillo, you're not going to the party?"
583
00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:43,524
I said, "What party? Where?"
584
00:40:45,067 --> 00:40:46,610
"The one at Diomedes' apartment."
585
00:40:46,694 --> 00:40:48,529
And I said, "No, no one told me anything."
586
00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,325
He was with five bodyguards.
587
00:40:53,409 --> 00:40:55,619
When he came to record,
they were always there.
588
00:40:59,039 --> 00:41:00,416
And they started drinking.
589
00:41:02,084 --> 00:41:05,463
Diomedes, Consuelo,
and her friend who lived in Soacha.
590
00:41:15,222 --> 00:41:18,517
After I left the house,
there were several calls,
591
00:41:18,601 --> 00:41:20,144
one of them from Diomedes…
592
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:25,691
saying he sent the bodyguards.
593
00:41:26,192 --> 00:41:27,651
She came out looking scared.
594
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,077
She left the address
of the place where she was going
595
00:41:37,661 --> 00:41:39,497
and she left her ID in her room.
596
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:43,709
Which she never did.
597
00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:45,878
As though saying,
598
00:41:45,961 --> 00:41:48,589
"If something happens to me,
look for me here."
599
00:41:52,384 --> 00:41:54,803
It was about 9:30 or 10:00 pm
600
00:41:54,887 --> 00:41:56,555
when Oswaldo went to pick her up.
601
00:42:00,976 --> 00:42:04,313
I was asleep when he arrived.
He told me, "Well, I brought the girl."
602
00:42:04,396 --> 00:42:05,481
His shift was over.
603
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,402
He said, "Bye,"
and I said, "Wait a minute."
604
00:42:10,486 --> 00:42:11,779
"Is there anything else?"
605
00:42:22,498 --> 00:42:24,667
Consuelo Martínez, Diomedes,
606
00:42:24,750 --> 00:42:26,961
and the other guys,
the assistants were there.
607
00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:27,920
BODYGUARD
608
00:42:28,003 --> 00:42:31,173
The only people awake
were Diomedes and Consuelo Martínez,
609
00:42:31,257 --> 00:42:33,551
who were on the second floor
just drinking.
610
00:42:36,303 --> 00:42:39,265
She came in, like always,
and we went up to Diomedes.
611
00:42:39,348 --> 00:42:40,182
Knocked on the door.
612
00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:43,394
"Diomedes, Diana arrived.
Marta arrived…" Or whoever…
613
00:42:44,103 --> 00:42:46,021
But there was no meeting,
no party, nothing.
614
00:42:46,647 --> 00:42:48,399
No, there was only a tape recorder.
615
00:42:57,992 --> 00:42:59,118
To be honest,
616
00:42:59,201 --> 00:43:02,246
I don't remember dates.
I don't remember words.
617
00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:03,789
I wanna forget it.
618
00:43:09,169 --> 00:43:11,463
My whole world is going to crumble
619
00:43:11,547 --> 00:43:13,716
because it was such a bad event.
620
00:43:13,799 --> 00:43:16,552
So painful for
the three families involved.
621
00:43:16,635 --> 00:43:18,971
And that's what I don't want.
622
00:43:19,722 --> 00:43:22,808
I'm not running away from the situation.
623
00:43:22,891 --> 00:43:24,184
I'm protecting myself,
624
00:43:24,268 --> 00:43:26,645
which I believe is fully within my rights.
625
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:28,647
I'm protecting my three children.
626
00:43:29,231 --> 00:43:30,733
Two of whom are now women.
627
00:43:40,409 --> 00:43:44,413
The next day,
I was surprised to see my mother crying,
628
00:43:44,496 --> 00:43:46,582
saying Doris Adriana hasn't come home.
629
00:43:52,755 --> 00:43:54,506
So I went to the authorities.
630
00:43:54,590 --> 00:43:57,051
In this case,
to the public prosecutor's office.
631
00:43:57,134 --> 00:44:00,554
And I spoke with an investigator
who told me he couldn't open a case
632
00:44:00,638 --> 00:44:03,140
because 72 hours had not elapsed.
633
00:44:10,397 --> 00:44:11,815
We started looking for her
634
00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:13,525
in the clubs, in hospitals,
635
00:44:13,609 --> 00:44:14,943
we put up posters,
636
00:44:15,027 --> 00:44:17,237
we talked to so-called friends,
637
00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:19,448
but, unfortunately,
we never got an answer.
638
00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:25,621
I don't remember if it was 25 days.
639
00:44:27,956 --> 00:44:29,375
What it was was despair.
640
00:44:32,961 --> 00:44:37,257
And that's when I went
to the Historias Secretas TV show on RCN.
641
00:44:40,010 --> 00:44:41,595
STORIES
642
00:44:45,474 --> 00:44:47,976
And they told me
that we would do a live show,
643
00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:50,771
introducing myself,
and in that moment, I was afraid.
644
00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:53,857
Good morning.
645
00:44:53,941 --> 00:44:57,319
On behalf of the journalistic team
and the Historias investigative unit…
646
00:44:58,153 --> 00:45:01,490
Wilson Núñez hosts a program,
and so I made a clarification.
647
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:07,121
We are not here looking for money
or trying to harm anyone.
648
00:45:07,621 --> 00:45:09,790
All we want is to find my sister.
649
00:45:12,501 --> 00:45:15,212
Wilson Núñez said
he wanted to speak to the other side,
650
00:45:15,295 --> 00:45:16,714
but that it was impossible,
651
00:45:16,797 --> 00:45:19,633
that is Diomedes didn't want
to show his face, not then.
652
00:45:21,218 --> 00:45:23,554
After that Historias Secretas
episode aired
653
00:45:23,637 --> 00:45:26,098
on June 10, 1997
654
00:45:26,181 --> 00:45:28,851
about the disappearance
of Doris Adriana Niño,
655
00:45:28,934 --> 00:45:31,186
we started to receive all kinds of calls.
656
00:45:32,688 --> 00:45:33,564
JOURNALIST
657
00:45:33,647 --> 00:45:35,858
A woman called
and she was the one who told us
658
00:45:35,941 --> 00:45:38,485
that a girl who looked
like Doris had been buried.
659
00:45:39,153 --> 00:45:41,155
I think the woman was involved somehow
660
00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:44,658
because she even faxed us
the first page of the newspaper story
661
00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:47,286
where it read, "Miss Sandra is dead."
662
00:45:47,369 --> 00:45:48,495
That was the headline.
663
00:45:53,333 --> 00:45:55,711
I headed out early
with a photographer.
664
00:46:04,970 --> 00:46:07,890
It was a rural area,
and we started asking around.
665
00:46:07,973 --> 00:46:08,807
JOURNALIST
666
00:46:11,643 --> 00:46:13,771
We were lucky enough to find some people,
667
00:46:13,854 --> 00:46:15,814
the farmers who saw what happened.
668
00:46:20,819 --> 00:46:22,780
We were about two blocks away…
669
00:46:22,863 --> 00:46:24,156
WITNESS
670
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:25,991
…when we suddenly saw a car.
671
00:46:26,074 --> 00:46:26,909
Very suspicious.
672
00:46:29,036 --> 00:46:30,078
We saw some guy.
673
00:46:30,162 --> 00:46:31,163
He threw something.
674
00:46:33,207 --> 00:46:34,333
He lit a cigarette,
675
00:46:34,416 --> 00:46:37,127
smoked a little,
got in the car, and drove off.
676
00:46:41,715 --> 00:46:43,801
We thought it was
just garbage or something.
677
00:46:43,884 --> 00:46:45,803
How could we have known what it was?
678
00:46:49,932 --> 00:46:52,935
I went to check it out
with a guy who works with me.
679
00:46:53,018 --> 00:46:54,228
WITNESS
680
00:46:54,311 --> 00:46:55,479
We went, we looked,
681
00:46:55,562 --> 00:46:56,855
and to our surprise,
682
00:46:56,939 --> 00:46:58,190
we found a dead lady.
683
00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:02,027
Her underwear was like this.
684
00:47:05,155 --> 00:47:08,116
The guy who dumped her,
he was brazen, to put it nicely.
685
00:47:09,785 --> 00:47:11,787
The CTI came and dug her up.
686
00:47:13,205 --> 00:47:16,083
About a half an hour later,
some ladies arrived, shouting,
687
00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:18,460
"Hey! They killed her!
They killed Sandra!"
688
00:47:18,544 --> 00:47:20,629
Surprise, surprise. A sex worker.
689
00:47:22,506 --> 00:47:24,842
And that was it for us.
They'd killed some girl.
690
00:47:27,803 --> 00:47:28,762
So there we were.
691
00:47:30,389 --> 00:47:31,431
This was serious.
692
00:47:37,437 --> 00:47:40,357
I made an appointment
with the prosecutor in the afternoon.
693
00:47:41,191 --> 00:47:43,527
And that very day, we got the photograph
694
00:47:43,610 --> 00:47:46,572
of the removal of the corpse
that was in the newspaper.
695
00:47:48,407 --> 00:47:49,533
I could see the file.
696
00:47:49,616 --> 00:47:51,577
I told them, "Look,
the people you have here,
697
00:47:51,660 --> 00:47:55,455
they already closed the case,"
because they had indeed already closed it,
698
00:47:56,039 --> 00:47:57,040
"but it's this person."
699
00:47:57,124 --> 00:47:59,251
And I took out Doris' ID card.
700
00:48:01,628 --> 00:48:03,213
As soon as I took out the card,
701
00:48:03,297 --> 00:48:05,465
a thousand copies were made and they said,
702
00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:07,759
"You just cracked open
the whole investigation."
703
00:48:12,514 --> 00:48:13,765
I got a call.
704
00:48:15,767 --> 00:48:17,352
I was already feeling sick,
705
00:48:17,853 --> 00:48:20,147
because I was already imagining the worst.
706
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:24,610
And very crudely they told us,
"Look. Your sister's dead."
707
00:48:24,693 --> 00:48:26,153
"She's buried in Tunja."
708
00:48:26,236 --> 00:48:28,363
"They say she was a prostitute there."
709
00:48:34,828 --> 00:48:37,789
The story at the time
was that a prostitute,
710
00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:39,082
who no one knew,
711
00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:41,209
who provided her services in Tunja,
712
00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:44,463
was discarded and thrown away
on the mountain.
713
00:48:46,882 --> 00:48:49,760
Some farmers noticed
and they went and buried her.
714
00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:54,598
They got a coffin for her,
715
00:48:54,681 --> 00:48:57,517
made a grave, and there they wrote:
716
00:48:58,101 --> 00:48:58,936
Sandra.
717
00:48:59,019 --> 00:49:03,482
MAY 15/97
718
00:49:04,149 --> 00:49:06,735
As time went by,
I began to connect the dots
719
00:49:06,818 --> 00:49:08,987
and I realized what was really going on.
720
00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:10,364
SEX WORKER
ALLEGED WITNESS
721
00:49:10,447 --> 00:49:11,740
Did you ever talk to her?
722
00:49:12,658 --> 00:49:14,868
Uh, no, just saying hello.
723
00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:16,119
I recognized her.
724
00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:19,456
They called her Sandra,
but I didn't know her real name.
725
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:24,753
Well, those ladies had to have been paid.
They wouldn't talk otherwise.
726
00:49:25,337 --> 00:49:27,839
-Yes, there was money there.
-Of course, that was a setup.
727
00:49:27,923 --> 00:49:29,675
Everyone in Tunja had been bought.
728
00:49:29,758 --> 00:49:32,094
LEGAL MEDICINE
729
00:49:35,597 --> 00:49:39,226
And so I went to the morgue
to identify my sister.
730
00:49:40,435 --> 00:49:41,520
How did I do that?
731
00:49:43,438 --> 00:49:44,690
Through the photographs
732
00:49:44,773 --> 00:49:47,567
taken at the time
of the removal of her corpse,
733
00:49:49,027 --> 00:49:52,489
through the clothes that she wore,
and her birthmark,
734
00:49:52,572 --> 00:49:55,200
which, undoubtedly, could not be ignored.
735
00:50:02,457 --> 00:50:04,251
Then I went to the cemetery.
736
00:50:07,421 --> 00:50:10,757
MAY 15/97
737
00:50:15,220 --> 00:50:17,931
By that time,
she had been buried for four weeks.
738
00:50:24,104 --> 00:50:27,065
And seeing her
in a coffin decomposing was terrible.
739
00:50:31,361 --> 00:50:36,324
Uh, so far, I haven't told you anything
because I don't know anything.
740
00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:40,037
Only that they found her dead
here in Tunja.
741
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:41,455
Some people buried her.
742
00:50:42,789 --> 00:50:45,542
Which totally distorts
the image of my sister.
743
00:50:46,418 --> 00:50:48,545
And threatens my family's good name.
744
00:50:52,966 --> 00:50:56,762
I have fought to defend
everything against my sister at this time,
745
00:50:56,845 --> 00:51:00,265
because she is unable
to defend herself because she is dead.
746
00:51:06,271 --> 00:51:09,232
One day after Diomedes
learned of the discovery of the body
747
00:51:09,316 --> 00:51:10,484
through his lawyers,
748
00:51:10,567 --> 00:51:13,528
he gave us the following interview
in a hotel in Bogotá,
749
00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:17,240
where he was preparing for the launch
of his album, Mi Biografía.
750
00:51:18,742 --> 00:51:20,619
First of all, my condolences
751
00:51:20,702 --> 00:51:23,455
to the family of the deceased
and may God rest her soul.
752
00:51:24,206 --> 00:51:26,875
I was a good friend of Adriana.
I won't deny that.
753
00:51:27,667 --> 00:51:29,419
It is true that I sent for her that day
754
00:51:29,503 --> 00:51:31,338
because I wanted to talk to her.
755
00:51:31,421 --> 00:51:34,257
I wanted to spend some time with her,
like we always did.
756
00:51:34,341 --> 00:51:35,425
I wanna make it clear
757
00:51:35,509 --> 00:51:39,387
that I am a good and noble person,
that I am incapable of hurting anyone.
758
00:51:40,013 --> 00:51:41,598
This situation hurts deeply.
759
00:51:41,681 --> 00:51:42,682
I'm not used to this.
760
00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:44,726
I repeat, my condolences to the family.
761
00:51:44,810 --> 00:51:46,311
If there's any way I can help, I will.
762
00:51:52,150 --> 00:51:53,777
So he kept his commitments,
763
00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:57,030
because, logically,
we were not under arrest.
764
00:52:03,745 --> 00:52:06,581
What is your position
on what happened in Tunja?
765
00:52:07,624 --> 00:52:12,254
Well, I already said what I have to say
about that show Historias Secretas, right?
766
00:52:12,337 --> 00:52:14,172
If you want to know something,
go and ask them.
767
00:52:14,256 --> 00:52:16,049
I don't know anything. I'm not involved.
768
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:19,302
-Cut.
-Yeah. Uh-huh.
769
00:52:22,347 --> 00:52:26,017
I didn't handle the case personally,
but I was the lead in the investigation.
770
00:52:26,101 --> 00:52:27,269
NATIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
771
00:52:27,352 --> 00:52:30,313
I'm not ducking responsibility for that
because I assigned the prosecutors.
772
00:52:30,397 --> 00:52:32,107
NATIONAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
773
00:52:32,190 --> 00:52:35,277
Putting Diomedes Díaz on trial
was not a popular move.
774
00:52:37,737 --> 00:52:40,282
NATIONAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
775
00:52:40,365 --> 00:52:43,827
In the judicial process,
it finally begins
776
00:52:43,910 --> 00:52:47,372
when the case is made
before the prosecutor's office,
777
00:52:47,455 --> 00:52:49,374
who advances the investigation and…
778
00:52:50,959 --> 00:52:52,294
orders his detainment…
779
00:52:55,255 --> 00:52:56,173
in the airport.
780
00:52:56,256 --> 00:52:59,384
OCTOBER 3, 1997
781
00:53:01,511 --> 00:53:03,930
We checked in.
Everything was normal.
782
00:53:05,390 --> 00:53:07,100
We were about to board the plane.
783
00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:09,936
"Excuse me, Mr. Diomedes Díaz."
784
00:53:10,020 --> 00:53:10,979
"Yeah. That's me."
785
00:53:11,062 --> 00:53:12,272
"Sir, you're under arrest."
786
00:53:15,358 --> 00:53:17,485
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
ARRESTS DIOMEDES DÍAZ
787
00:53:17,569 --> 00:53:18,486
FRONTAL PHOTO
788
00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:26,703
-Did you come to see Diomedes?
-We came because he was arrested.
789
00:53:27,537 --> 00:53:29,956
-What now?
-We'll have to go to the other side.
790
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:31,208
So what now?
791
00:53:31,791 --> 00:53:34,878
When someone is famous, well,
people make things up to get money.
792
00:53:34,961 --> 00:53:36,922
I believe that might be the case here.
793
00:53:37,797 --> 00:53:39,674
But for us, Diomedes is an idol.
794
00:53:40,258 --> 00:53:42,719
And we'll party everywhere,
listening to Diomedes.
795
00:53:43,261 --> 00:53:45,472
Diomedes is innocent. He's innocent.
796
00:53:45,555 --> 00:53:48,808
He just gave her some coke,
but, well, that's all he's guilty of.
797
00:53:51,353 --> 00:53:55,106
The first Forensic Medicine report
mentions an overdose of cocaine.
798
00:53:57,317 --> 00:54:00,695
Why would a person, I repeat,
who does not consume any type of drugs
799
00:54:00,779 --> 00:54:03,365
appear with traces
of substances in her body?
800
00:54:03,448 --> 00:54:06,534
Well, that indicates that these substances
were not consumed voluntarily.
801
00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:08,286
Good evening.
802
00:54:08,370 --> 00:54:11,831
Diomedes Díaz has been taken
to the National Directorate of the CTI
803
00:54:11,915 --> 00:54:15,460
in the Teusaquillo neighborhood
of Bogotá where he will spend the night.
804
00:54:15,543 --> 00:54:18,797
Many of his fans have come here
to express their support for the singer.
805
00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:21,675
Arrest warrant with five people.
806
00:54:21,758 --> 00:54:22,926
LAWYER
807
00:54:23,009 --> 00:54:27,305
Three bodyguards, one a friend of his,
and an assistant.
808
00:54:32,185 --> 00:54:34,938
Diomedes' questioning
is very interesting.
809
00:54:35,021 --> 00:54:35,981
It didn't last long.
810
00:54:36,064 --> 00:54:38,733
And he ended up recounting
what happened that night.
811
00:54:40,527 --> 00:54:43,446
That he had sexual relations
with Doris Adriana.
812
00:54:43,530 --> 00:54:45,031
That they had a great time,
813
00:54:46,199 --> 00:54:49,744
and afterwards,
that he then asked one of his bodyguards
814
00:54:49,828 --> 00:54:51,871
to escort her to a cab.
815
00:54:54,124 --> 00:54:55,709
He said that was all he knew.
816
00:54:59,170 --> 00:55:02,716
And if it wasn't him,
then why did Doris Adriana end up dead?
817
00:55:06,678 --> 00:55:09,597
And the bodyguards
began to contradict each other.
818
00:55:10,974 --> 00:55:11,891
You're under oath.
819
00:55:15,562 --> 00:55:18,106
The first version of the story
that was given
820
00:55:18,189 --> 00:55:20,358
was that she had left for her house.
821
00:55:22,402 --> 00:55:24,362
But since I was under pressure,
822
00:55:24,446 --> 00:55:26,698
I told the truth about what happened.
823
00:55:33,830 --> 00:55:38,043
Well, It was about 12:00, 12:30 at night
when I went to pick her up.
824
00:55:40,003 --> 00:55:42,630
I told her I was going
to Bucaramanga at dawn.
825
00:55:43,381 --> 00:55:46,801
So she asked if I could take her to Tunja
since she was going there.
826
00:55:50,221 --> 00:55:52,098
I left at about 4:00 a.m.,
827
00:55:52,182 --> 00:55:54,893
took the car out of the parking lot,
and we got going.
828
00:55:59,981 --> 00:56:03,360
She told me that she had been fighting
with Consuelo Martínez,
829
00:56:06,112 --> 00:56:09,324
because Consuelo was pregnant
with Diomedes' child.
830
00:56:11,326 --> 00:56:13,536
She was drinking and doing cocaine.
831
00:56:16,748 --> 00:56:18,625
Later, I saw in the rearview mirror,
832
00:56:18,708 --> 00:56:20,168
that she was already asleep.
833
00:56:22,712 --> 00:56:23,922
So I just let her rest,
834
00:56:24,005 --> 00:56:25,673
and when we got to Tunja,
835
00:56:25,757 --> 00:56:26,966
I tried to wake her up.
836
00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:30,637
I start calling, "Doris! Doris!"
837
00:56:33,223 --> 00:56:34,224
She didn't answer me
838
00:56:34,307 --> 00:56:36,976
and I thought it was easier
to just find a trail,
839
00:56:37,060 --> 00:56:39,187
put her under a tree, and leave her there.
840
00:56:40,146 --> 00:56:41,648
As I was dragging her,
841
00:56:41,731 --> 00:56:46,194
her pants got caught on rocks
or brush and rolled down accidentally.
842
00:56:49,364 --> 00:56:50,657
Judge, this is the truth.
843
00:56:50,740 --> 00:56:54,035
No one killed her,
no one raped her, no one murdered her.
844
00:56:54,119 --> 00:56:56,871
She killed herself
using cocaine in my vehicle.
845
00:56:58,206 --> 00:57:01,626
They thought it was going to be easy,
but the prosecution didn't believe them.
846
00:57:02,377 --> 00:57:04,879
The automobile
is one of the main pieces of evidence
847
00:57:04,963 --> 00:57:09,384
in the process implicating Álvarez Rueda
and accusing him of criminal cover-up.
848
00:57:11,428 --> 00:57:13,763
Diomedes, meanwhile, denied everything.
849
00:57:13,847 --> 00:57:15,265
But that started to crumble.
850
00:57:15,348 --> 00:57:16,766
"I DIDN'T KILL DORIS ADRIANA"
851
00:57:16,850 --> 00:57:19,102
I believe that he was shielded
in his bubble as an artist.
852
00:57:19,769 --> 00:57:21,771
He didn't think justice could touch him.
853
00:57:21,855 --> 00:57:22,939
THE CHIEF TO BE JUDGED!
854
00:57:31,865 --> 00:57:33,408
I began this fight alone.
855
00:57:34,409 --> 00:57:37,579
Later on, Jesús Edgar Niño
and all of his siblings
856
00:57:38,079 --> 00:57:39,914
promised to collaborate with me.
857
00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:43,168
NIÑO & NIÑO ASSOCIATES
858
00:57:43,793 --> 00:57:45,587
They arrived like guardian angels.
859
00:57:49,507 --> 00:57:52,218
I took on the case
for Doris Adriana's family
860
00:57:52,302 --> 00:57:53,595
for one simple reason.
861
00:57:54,762 --> 00:57:56,556
I did not believe in…
862
00:57:56,639 --> 00:57:58,391
THE NIÑO FAMILY LAWYER
863
00:57:58,475 --> 00:58:00,894
…let's say in the arguments
of the prosecutor's office.
864
00:58:00,977 --> 00:58:02,020
LAWYER
865
00:58:02,103 --> 00:58:04,314
They were just so focused on the cocaine.
866
00:58:05,857 --> 00:58:09,194
But her brother told me, "That's a lie.
My sister didn't do cocaine."
867
00:58:10,403 --> 00:58:12,530
Well, he knew that she
was neither a drug addict
868
00:58:12,614 --> 00:58:14,491
nor a drunk nor anything like that,
869
00:58:14,574 --> 00:58:16,826
but that she was a humble, simple woman.
870
00:58:16,910 --> 00:58:18,077
NIÑO FAMILY SUBSTITUTE LAWYER
871
00:58:18,161 --> 00:58:20,872
A beautiful, hard-working woman
with high aspirations.
872
00:58:20,955 --> 00:58:21,998
CERTIFIED LAWYER
873
00:58:25,668 --> 00:58:27,420
Doris Adriana was a good person.
874
00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:30,465
She had big dreams.
875
00:58:32,425 --> 00:58:34,385
She had started an IT company…
876
00:58:36,429 --> 00:58:38,848
undoubtedly to try to help her family.
877
00:58:42,352 --> 00:58:43,686
Of all the siblings,
878
00:58:44,229 --> 00:58:45,688
she was the one we spoiled.
879
00:58:48,233 --> 00:58:50,485
I even taught her to read.
880
00:58:50,568 --> 00:58:52,654
I taught her the multiplication tables.
881
00:58:58,243 --> 00:58:59,869
We had a meeting with them.
882
00:59:01,204 --> 00:59:04,165
We decided that,
before fully accepting the case,
883
00:59:04,249 --> 00:59:06,751
we would do our own investigation.
884
00:59:07,418 --> 00:59:09,379
And I concluded that indeed
885
00:59:09,462 --> 00:59:13,591
it was apparent that Diomedes
was involved in her death.
886
00:59:16,135 --> 00:59:17,470
A violent death.
887
00:59:18,388 --> 00:59:20,557
And that being the case,
well, justice had to be served.
888
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:21,599
LAWYERS
889
00:59:21,683 --> 00:59:23,017
And that's what happened.
890
00:59:23,101 --> 00:59:25,144
Chief!
891
00:59:25,228 --> 00:59:26,062
Diomedes!
892
00:59:26,145 --> 00:59:27,063
Chief!
893
00:59:33,987 --> 00:59:37,407
This is the moment when the
vallenato singer-songwriter Diomedes Díaz,
894
00:59:37,490 --> 00:59:40,702
is taken from the CTI headquarters
of the prosecutor's office
895
00:59:40,785 --> 00:59:42,579
in the Teusaquillo area in Bogotá,
896
00:59:42,662 --> 00:59:44,789
to be transferred
to the Funza Penitentiary.
897
00:59:45,498 --> 00:59:47,709
NATIONAL PENITENTIARY SCHOOL
898
00:59:47,792 --> 00:59:50,003
The prosecution, based on speculation
899
00:59:50,086 --> 00:59:52,880
and completely distancing itself
from the evidence,
900
00:59:52,964 --> 00:59:53,923
which was malfeasance,
901
00:59:54,007 --> 00:59:56,342
have ordered the arrest
of Mr. Diomedes Díaz
902
00:59:56,426 --> 00:59:58,177
and others for aggravated homicide.
903
00:59:59,762 --> 01:00:01,889
Which is when you mean to kill someone.
904
01:00:02,557 --> 01:00:05,643
Aggravated homicide is,
in general terms, murder.
905
01:00:06,352 --> 01:00:10,481
And he is being held here,
at the INPEC prison in Funza
906
01:00:10,565 --> 01:00:11,774
Based on a hypothesis
907
01:00:11,858 --> 01:00:15,153
in which Doris Adriana Niño
was forced to consume cocaine
908
01:00:15,236 --> 01:00:16,279
until she overdosed.
909
01:00:16,362 --> 01:00:19,240
DIOMEDES IN PRISON
910
01:00:19,949 --> 01:00:23,328
Around these events, the media,
in their eagerness to seek the truth,
911
01:00:23,411 --> 01:00:26,539
the culprit, or the victim,
have woven a series of hypotheses
912
01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:29,751
that try to clarify
the true situation of Diomedes Díaz.
913
01:00:29,834 --> 01:00:32,462
Unverified hypotheses,
according to the lawyers.
914
01:00:34,839 --> 01:00:37,133
Lawyers came
to take away everything
915
01:00:37,216 --> 01:00:39,135
that Dad had worked for his whole life.
916
01:00:39,636 --> 01:00:42,055
My dad said, "I have money.
I can pay for it."
917
01:00:42,138 --> 01:00:46,392
"Don't worry. I have to prove to everyone
that I am innocent. I didn't kill anyone."
918
01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:50,104
PALOQUEMAO JUDICIAL COMPLEX
919
01:00:50,188 --> 01:00:52,190
JUDICIAL SERVICES CENTER
920
01:00:52,273 --> 01:00:54,317
- 33
- RD CRIMINAL CIRCUIT COURT
921
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:56,653
The trial against Diomedes
is not transparent.
922
01:00:56,736 --> 01:00:59,238
On the contrary, it is murky and how so.
923
01:01:00,698 --> 01:01:03,284
And finally, enter Evelio Daza,
924
01:01:03,910 --> 01:01:05,995
the buffoon of the circus.
925
01:01:08,706 --> 01:01:10,792
I was Diomedes Díaz's lawyer.
926
01:01:11,459 --> 01:01:13,252
I wanted to do it,
because from the outset…
927
01:01:13,336 --> 01:01:14,379
DIOMEDES DÍAZ'S LAWYER
928
01:01:14,462 --> 01:01:16,964
…I was convinced,
as everyone here is convinced,
929
01:01:17,048 --> 01:01:19,550
that Diomedes Díaz was incapable
930
01:01:19,634 --> 01:01:21,761
of committing the acts attributed to him.
931
01:01:26,349 --> 01:01:29,519
The bigger the bull,
the better the bullfight.
932
01:01:29,602 --> 01:01:32,271
For me, it is much better
to face a top-notch lawyer.
933
01:01:32,355 --> 01:01:33,773
I'm not afraid of that.
934
01:01:34,816 --> 01:01:37,026
What's next in the Diomedes trial?
935
01:01:37,860 --> 01:01:39,654
Look, the defense, and I repeat,
936
01:01:39,737 --> 01:01:41,864
is remarkably calm, serene.
937
01:01:41,948 --> 01:01:45,576
It is incontrovertible that Doris Adriana
died from a cocaine overdose.
938
01:01:45,660 --> 01:01:46,953
TEST RESULTS
COCAINE: POSITIVE
939
01:01:47,036 --> 01:01:50,123
OVERDOSE
940
01:01:52,250 --> 01:01:53,167
INDICATES CLEARLY
941
01:01:53,251 --> 01:01:54,544
There was a contradiction.
942
01:01:54,627 --> 01:01:56,796
How could they speak
of aggravated homicide
943
01:01:56,879 --> 01:01:59,507
when the same body
that investigated Diomedes,
944
01:01:59,590 --> 01:02:01,134
the prosecutor's office,
945
01:02:01,217 --> 01:02:04,053
assume that Diomedes never intended
to cause her death?
946
01:02:06,973 --> 01:02:11,102
NATIONAL PENITENTIARY SCHOOL
947
01:02:16,482 --> 01:02:18,151
All right, Maestro.
948
01:02:18,985 --> 01:02:20,862
So how have you spent your days here?
949
01:02:23,906 --> 01:02:25,283
Often I've been sad.
950
01:02:25,366 --> 01:02:27,034
Seeing that a person like me,
951
01:02:27,118 --> 01:02:29,495
who only thinks of giving joy,
love, and peace
952
01:02:29,579 --> 01:02:31,122
to the Colombian people…
953
01:02:31,205 --> 01:02:32,039
Well…
954
01:02:35,626 --> 01:02:38,588
I thank justice for solving my problem…
955
01:02:41,507 --> 01:02:43,426
and for realizing that if they look at me,
956
01:02:43,509 --> 01:02:46,012
if they analyze Diomedes Díaz well,
957
01:02:46,095 --> 01:02:48,014
They will see they won't be wrong.
958
01:02:48,097 --> 01:02:50,057
And I will never make them look bad.
959
01:02:50,141 --> 01:02:52,935
This is a test for real men,
and it is now being solved.
960
01:02:53,019 --> 01:02:55,813
BOGOTÁ AND CUNDINAMARCA COURTS
961
01:03:00,359 --> 01:03:01,652
Evelio appealed,
962
01:03:01,736 --> 01:03:04,906
and then the court jewels come
and the whole process is thrown away.
963
01:03:06,073 --> 01:03:07,992
They revoke the aggravated homicide,
964
01:03:08,075 --> 01:03:09,619
but felt he was culpable.
965
01:03:09,702 --> 01:03:10,578
CRIMINAL CODE
966
01:03:10,661 --> 01:03:13,664
Manslaughter is when
the active agent of the crime,
967
01:03:13,748 --> 01:03:16,834
having been able to foresee
the harmful effects of his act,
968
01:03:16,918 --> 01:03:18,044
did not prevent them.
969
01:03:19,420 --> 01:03:21,005
It's for when a person is driving.
970
01:03:21,088 --> 01:03:22,423
The traffic light changes.
971
01:03:22,507 --> 01:03:23,841
He did not mean to cause harm.
972
01:03:24,759 --> 01:03:26,969
And immediately he was released.
973
01:03:27,053 --> 01:03:28,930
Guilt requires imprisonment.
974
01:03:29,013 --> 01:03:30,223
And that's why they did it.
975
01:03:33,351 --> 01:03:35,436
Diomedes! Friend!
976
01:03:36,020 --> 01:03:38,231
Friend, here!
977
01:03:38,314 --> 01:03:39,398
MARCH 28, 1998
978
01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:41,317
In the car, Carolina! In the car!
979
01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:43,236
Get in the car. Come on!
980
01:03:43,903 --> 01:03:45,822
Someday I will be like you,
Diomedes!
981
01:03:45,905 --> 01:03:48,032
Not a singer, but rich and famous.
982
01:03:48,115 --> 01:03:49,200
Diomedes!
983
01:03:50,743 --> 01:03:51,619
God bless you.
984
01:03:51,702 --> 01:03:52,954
Music is a gift from God.
985
01:03:53,037 --> 01:03:54,247
I love you so much.
986
01:03:56,332 --> 01:03:59,627
Diomedes!
987
01:04:03,339 --> 01:04:06,801
But they talk about the great reception
given to him in Valledupar,
988
01:04:06,884 --> 01:04:09,720
which I maintain
will never be repeated for anyone.
989
01:04:09,804 --> 01:04:11,931
THANKS, VIRGIN OF CARMEN,
FOR FREEING THE CHIEF
990
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:18,563
THANKS FOR NOT LOSING FAITH
THE VIRGIN HAS SHOWN HER LOVE
991
01:04:43,754 --> 01:04:45,464
COLOMBIA IS WITH YOU, DIOMEDES
992
01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:05,484
COME BACK TO LIFE
WE'RE ALL WAITING
993
01:05:10,489 --> 01:05:11,449
How do you feel?
994
01:05:12,867 --> 01:05:13,826
Reborn.
995
01:05:15,286 --> 01:05:16,662
All the authorities,
996
01:05:16,746 --> 01:05:18,080
civil and military,
997
01:05:18,164 --> 01:05:19,498
welcoming a murderer.
998
01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:22,627
That was the last straw,
999
01:05:23,419 --> 01:05:25,046
but we're in Colombia, brother.
1000
01:05:27,381 --> 01:05:32,345
PROBATION FOR DIOMEDES DÍAZ
1001
01:05:32,428 --> 01:05:35,473
APRIL 8, 1998
1002
01:05:35,556 --> 01:05:36,766
All this drama,
1003
01:05:36,849 --> 01:05:39,393
it damaged my dad's nervous system.
1004
01:05:42,188 --> 01:05:43,814
Dad knew much later
1005
01:05:43,898 --> 01:05:46,067
that it was because
of emotional disorders.
1006
01:05:46,692 --> 01:05:47,902
EMERGENCY
CLINIC INTAKE, OFFICES
1007
01:05:47,985 --> 01:05:50,404
So Diomedes remains
in stable clinical condition.
1008
01:05:50,488 --> 01:05:52,573
And as long as this trend continues,
1009
01:05:52,657 --> 01:05:55,326
the possibility of admitting him
to intensive care decreases.
1010
01:05:55,409 --> 01:05:56,369
CLINICAL LABORATORY
1011
01:05:56,953 --> 01:05:58,996
Guillain-Barré syndrome
is a disease
1012
01:05:59,080 --> 01:06:02,625
that affects the neuro-muscular system,
the nerve endings.
1013
01:06:04,210 --> 01:06:05,753
Of course, as you can see,
1014
01:06:05,836 --> 01:06:07,171
just to move an arm or a leg,
1015
01:06:07,254 --> 01:06:08,798
another person has to help.
1016
01:06:11,676 --> 01:06:14,011
And Forensic Medicine performed the exam
1017
01:06:14,095 --> 01:06:16,222
and they considered it a serious disease.
1018
01:06:16,305 --> 01:06:17,515
So they didn't jail him.
1019
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:27,108
The singer offered a mass today
in front of his residence
1020
01:06:27,191 --> 01:06:28,234
to thank the Virgin,
1021
01:06:28,317 --> 01:06:31,278
to ask that health
not be an obstacle in his artistic life
1022
01:06:31,362 --> 01:06:33,322
as the criminal process continues
1023
01:06:33,406 --> 01:06:35,241
in the death of Doris Adriana Niño.
1024
01:06:35,950 --> 01:06:37,827
Will there be a record soon?
1025
01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:41,956
No, we're going to wait
for these problems to settle down
1026
01:06:42,039 --> 01:06:45,209
before starting the career
of Diomedes Díaz back up.
1027
01:06:51,257 --> 01:06:53,342
Diomedes claimed that
he couldn't move anything.
1028
01:06:53,426 --> 01:06:55,219
That he was just a hunk of meat.
1029
01:06:55,302 --> 01:06:57,471
I had to take him
to the bathroom with a sheet.
1030
01:06:57,555 --> 01:06:59,724
Take him in, help him, all those things.
1031
01:07:00,474 --> 01:07:02,518
I'm starting
to feel parts of my body.
1032
01:07:02,601 --> 01:07:04,228
The last part is my hands.
1033
01:07:04,311 --> 01:07:06,022
Everything else is fine. Thank God.
1034
01:07:07,189 --> 01:07:09,859
That's when Volver a Vivir
with Iván Zuleta was made.
1035
01:07:32,089 --> 01:07:35,885
When he got Guillain-Barré,
Diomedes' measure was suspended.
1036
01:07:35,968 --> 01:07:37,887
He was no longer under house arrest.
1037
01:07:41,766 --> 01:07:44,060
SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE
1038
01:07:49,690 --> 01:07:53,152
That's when we appealed
to the deputy prosecutors in court.
1039
01:07:55,529 --> 01:07:57,823
Meanwhile,
Doris Adriana Niño's lawyer
1040
01:07:57,907 --> 01:08:00,826
requested that
the criminal pathology tests be repeated
1041
01:08:00,910 --> 01:08:02,453
because a special medical report
1042
01:08:02,536 --> 01:08:05,456
contradicted the diagnosis
of the Forensic Medicine Institute.
1043
01:08:06,665 --> 01:08:09,752
Let's say there were
some important forensic clues.
1044
01:08:13,214 --> 01:08:16,175
11:00 a.m.,
time of removal of the corpse.
1045
01:08:19,804 --> 01:08:20,805
8:00 a.m.
1046
01:08:21,472 --> 01:08:25,142
From the moment the sample is taken
until the moment the analysis is done,
1047
01:08:25,893 --> 01:08:27,770
it will not be a representative sample.
1048
01:08:31,148 --> 01:08:33,317
And that the drug
is a contributing factor,
1049
01:08:33,400 --> 01:08:34,568
not a determining factor.
1050
01:08:35,611 --> 01:08:38,280
We put them between
a rock and a hard place
1051
01:08:38,364 --> 01:08:39,865
and they had to accept that.
1052
01:08:39,949 --> 01:08:43,661
Really, the cause of death
was not an overdose of cocaine
1053
01:08:43,744 --> 01:08:45,746
as they led everyone to believe.
1054
01:08:45,830 --> 01:08:47,081
Everything was distorted.
1055
01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:55,047
With the scientific panel,
1056
01:08:55,131 --> 01:08:56,215
it was concluded
1057
01:08:56,298 --> 01:09:02,138
that indeed Doris Adriana Niño
fought for her life until her last breath.
1058
01:09:04,849 --> 01:09:07,059
Presence of
petechial hemorrhages.
1059
01:09:08,644 --> 01:09:11,188
They did an analysis
of each injury,
1060
01:09:11,272 --> 01:09:13,065
which has a time, a location,
1061
01:09:13,149 --> 01:09:14,441
and speaks for itself.
1062
01:09:16,944 --> 01:09:19,738
And that all those injuries
were premortem.
1063
01:09:20,406 --> 01:09:23,367
Before killing her,
they subjected her to torture,
1064
01:09:23,450 --> 01:09:25,744
beat her, raped her, drugged her.
1065
01:09:29,248 --> 01:09:31,292
And here are pressure injuries,
1066
01:09:31,375 --> 01:09:34,587
where an inverted V is clearly visible.
1067
01:09:38,507 --> 01:09:42,011
And then at the end,
it produces the final cause of death,
1068
01:09:42,094 --> 01:09:45,306
which is asphyxiation
by manual strangulation.
1069
01:09:47,433 --> 01:09:48,809
MECHANICAL ASPHYXIATION
1070
01:09:56,901 --> 01:09:58,736
The prosecution then argued
1071
01:09:58,819 --> 01:10:01,947
that Doris Adriana was going to scream,
1072
01:10:02,031 --> 01:10:03,157
and that to silence her,
1073
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:05,576
they had to put their hand
on her mouth and nose.
1074
01:10:05,659 --> 01:10:07,411
And things got out of control.
1075
01:10:10,581 --> 01:10:12,625
Meaning Doris Adriana was killed.
1076
01:10:12,708 --> 01:10:13,876
It was not an accident.
1077
01:10:15,586 --> 01:10:17,463
Upon learning
of the judge's decision,
1078
01:10:17,546 --> 01:10:19,798
the attorney delegate
to the Supreme Court of Justice,
1079
01:10:19,882 --> 01:10:21,091
Guillermo Mendoza Diago,
1080
01:10:21,175 --> 01:10:24,178
asked the judge last Friday
to immediately revoke the measure.
1081
01:10:24,678 --> 01:10:27,056
And of course the accusation
has to change.
1082
01:10:27,139 --> 01:10:28,766
It has to be more serious, of course.
1083
01:10:30,267 --> 01:10:33,395
And he is the first to speak
of an unintentional homicide.
1084
01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:35,564
And he is the one who accuses Diomedes.
1085
01:10:37,316 --> 01:10:39,276
The prosecution proposes to accuse him.
1086
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:44,073
It does not expect anything in particular.
It only hopes that justice is done.
1087
01:10:44,156 --> 01:10:45,074
Understand that.
1088
01:10:45,950 --> 01:10:47,952
Unintentional homicide occurs
1089
01:10:48,035 --> 01:10:50,871
when, for example,
I'm going to punch someone,
1090
01:10:50,955 --> 01:10:55,251
I hit him, but it turns out that the guy
falls back and breaks his neck.
1091
01:10:55,334 --> 01:10:59,171
So then what? My intent was not
for him to break his neck.
1092
01:10:59,880 --> 01:11:01,298
But with such bad luck,
1093
01:11:01,382 --> 01:11:03,801
the original action
goes further than intended
1094
01:11:03,884 --> 01:11:06,804
and produces a result
that is beyond what was meant.
1095
01:11:06,887 --> 01:11:10,808
I ask what was the personal injury
that was caused to Doris Adriana?
1096
01:11:16,021 --> 01:11:17,898
We've always maintained from the beginning
1097
01:11:17,982 --> 01:11:19,483
that everything has been done
1098
01:11:19,566 --> 01:11:20,859
to hide the truth from Colombia.
1099
01:11:20,943 --> 01:11:22,820
And now we have these results
1100
01:11:22,903 --> 01:11:25,489
that show part of the truth,
but it's not the full truth.
1101
01:11:25,572 --> 01:11:26,907
Some is still missing.
1102
01:11:26,991 --> 01:11:28,534
NATIONAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
1103
01:11:30,995 --> 01:11:34,373
Why are you requesting another
medical re-evaluation of Diomedes Díaz?
1104
01:11:35,499 --> 01:11:37,334
If Forensic Medicine were to say
1105
01:11:37,418 --> 01:11:41,088
that he no longer has the serious illness
that was originally diagnosed,
1106
01:11:41,171 --> 01:11:44,300
he must be put in prison again
to serve preventative detention.
1107
01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:49,555
There are people of bad faith
who start making things up.
1108
01:11:49,638 --> 01:11:51,390
And I'm getting better.
1109
01:11:51,473 --> 01:11:54,601
I have improved a lot
because I could hardly open my eyes.
1110
01:11:54,685 --> 01:11:56,228
At least I can speak now,
1111
01:11:56,312 --> 01:11:58,814
but I'm still not well enough
to be in jail.
1112
01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:02,192
And all this? How are they going
to send doctors,
1113
01:12:02,276 --> 01:12:03,610
because it's a circus.
1114
01:12:04,445 --> 01:12:07,740
Given these differences between
the exams in Bogotá and Valledupar,
1115
01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:10,492
the prosecution requested
a new exam in Bogotá.
1116
01:12:11,285 --> 01:12:13,162
There was a doctor from here who goes
1117
01:12:13,245 --> 01:12:15,748
and verifies that he
does not have Guillain-Barré.
1118
01:12:15,831 --> 01:12:18,584
And that is when they again
dictate an insurance measure.
1119
01:12:18,667 --> 01:12:24,256
AUGUST 10, 2000
1120
01:12:28,135 --> 01:12:31,638
They told me, "Juaco,
they're going to get Diomedes Díaz."
1121
01:12:33,390 --> 01:12:34,683
So I reach Diomedes,
1122
01:12:34,767 --> 01:12:37,853
I tell him, "Man,
they suspended your measure
1123
01:12:37,936 --> 01:12:39,897
and they are going to take you to Bogotá."
1124
01:12:39,980 --> 01:12:40,856
FRIEND AND MANAGER
1125
01:12:42,524 --> 01:12:43,817
Guard the door!
1126
01:12:43,901 --> 01:12:45,361
He's an outlaw.
1127
01:12:45,861 --> 01:12:48,864
"What do you suggest, then?"
"Fly the coop."
1128
01:13:01,043 --> 01:13:03,796
I put him in my truck,
with an extra-large cab,
1129
01:13:03,879 --> 01:13:06,340
and brought him here
to Virgen del Carmen, his ranch.
1130
01:13:07,299 --> 01:13:10,302
I had to use a colonel on duty
who was in Valledupar
1131
01:13:10,386 --> 01:13:11,678
He loved Diomedes.
1132
01:13:13,972 --> 01:13:15,099
Colonel Chitiva.
1133
01:13:18,268 --> 01:13:21,063
After 20 days, they got in
from the La Guajira side.
1134
01:13:23,816 --> 01:13:25,067
They also informed me
1135
01:13:25,150 --> 01:13:27,653
and that's when I brought him here
to my little ranch.
1136
01:13:27,736 --> 01:13:29,780
And I had him hidden here for three years.
1137
01:13:42,126 --> 01:13:43,669
And life was good there.
1138
01:13:43,752 --> 01:13:45,504
He would go and record.
1139
01:13:45,587 --> 01:13:47,798
People would take him and bring him back.
1140
01:13:47,881 --> 01:13:48,924
Things were good.
1141
01:13:50,676 --> 01:13:52,803
All kinds of friends
would come here and party.
1142
01:13:52,886 --> 01:13:54,555
There was dancing, songs.
1143
01:13:55,639 --> 01:13:57,224
It was party after party.
1144
01:14:07,609 --> 01:14:09,653
Women and all kinds
of things there.
1145
01:14:09,736 --> 01:14:11,071
Alcohol and dope.
1146
01:14:13,699 --> 01:14:15,576
When we recorded the Ilusiones CD,
1147
01:14:16,285 --> 01:14:19,079
we camouflaged Diomedes
and took him in to Valledupar
1148
01:14:19,163 --> 01:14:20,497
to sing in the studios.
1149
01:14:23,375 --> 01:14:25,085
And then take him back at night.
1150
01:14:27,379 --> 01:14:29,465
The escape was just a big party.
1151
01:14:29,548 --> 01:14:33,886
Dad definitely had more company
out there than when he was in Funza.
1152
01:14:36,346 --> 01:14:39,683
Really, he had been given
I think a provisional release
1153
01:14:39,766 --> 01:14:41,393
because he couldn't move.
1154
01:14:43,353 --> 01:14:45,189
He seems to be moving a lot.
1155
01:14:47,483 --> 01:14:51,945
The CTI and the police have not been able
to locate the poor invalid.
1156
01:14:53,071 --> 01:14:54,156
ATTORNEY GENERAL,1997-2001
1157
01:14:54,239 --> 01:14:56,783
Paramilitary groups operating
in the region protected him.
1158
01:14:56,867 --> 01:15:00,412
In fact, the CTI was unable
to capture him at that time.
1159
01:15:05,918 --> 01:15:08,712
At that time, the boss was Jorge 40. Yes.
1160
01:15:09,421 --> 01:15:10,339
Paramilitary.
1161
01:15:10,422 --> 01:15:12,090
ANTICOMMUNIST
GET OUT, GUERRILLA
1162
01:15:13,050 --> 01:15:16,345
And they put some guys to watch me,
but they protected him.
1163
01:15:17,137 --> 01:15:20,390
It was healthy here,
because nobody was messing with him.
1164
01:15:23,352 --> 01:15:25,896
Some even said
what specific ranch he was on,
1165
01:15:25,979 --> 01:15:27,481
what region he was hiding in.
1166
01:15:27,981 --> 01:15:31,318
But he was so skilled, his whole network
of informants was so fast
1167
01:15:31,401 --> 01:15:33,946
that they knew
it was very difficult to reach him.
1168
01:15:37,407 --> 01:15:38,700
What can we do from here?
1169
01:15:39,701 --> 01:15:43,622
"IF THEY CHANGE THE JUDGE,
DIOMEDES WILL TURN HIMSELF IN"
1170
01:15:47,167 --> 01:15:50,546
Diomedes is somewhere
exercising the right to defense,
1171
01:15:50,629 --> 01:15:53,549
which the constitution grants
to all Colombians
1172
01:15:53,632 --> 01:15:56,510
when they are faced
with the unjust and arbitrary abuse,
1173
01:15:57,094 --> 01:16:01,056
as has been the case
of judge 46 with Diomedes Díaz.
1174
01:16:04,810 --> 01:16:07,729
What's more,
Diomedes was going to come in today.
1175
01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:09,565
So why didn't he come in?
1176
01:16:10,357 --> 01:16:13,652
Because of the judge's abuse
by not granting him provisional liberty.
1177
01:16:14,861 --> 01:16:17,239
So that's why he understands
and I understand.
1178
01:16:17,322 --> 01:16:19,783
"We're going to defend
as an absentee prisoner."
1179
01:16:23,287 --> 01:16:25,581
How do you explain
Diomedes Díaz not agreeing
1180
01:16:25,664 --> 01:16:26,748
with this public hearing?
1181
01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:29,459
Well, I've always said
that sin cowers, right?
1182
01:16:29,543 --> 01:16:32,004
Not only should Diomedes Díaz be tried,
1183
01:16:32,087 --> 01:16:34,047
so should the other participants
in the murder.
1184
01:16:34,965 --> 01:16:38,093
Do you still believe
in El Cacique de La Junta's innocence?
1185
01:16:38,176 --> 01:16:40,137
Yes. Innocent to the end.
1186
01:16:45,976 --> 01:16:48,437
According to what they says,
there was a fight.
1187
01:16:49,938 --> 01:16:51,898
And Diomedes told her
1188
01:16:52,608 --> 01:16:53,483
I was pregnant.
1189
01:16:55,569 --> 01:16:58,155
Because, supposedly,
she was pregnant.
1190
01:16:58,238 --> 01:16:59,406
So, they got into a fight.
1191
01:17:00,490 --> 01:17:01,491
Yes, a fight.
1192
01:17:01,575 --> 01:17:03,785
One of aggression and defense.
1193
01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:06,455
Held…
1194
01:17:07,873 --> 01:17:08,832
by you.
1195
01:17:11,251 --> 01:17:13,503
Holding Doris Adriana Niño…
1196
01:17:16,173 --> 01:17:18,216
the night of May 14th.
1197
01:17:19,009 --> 01:17:22,179
I know that many things
went in my favor
1198
01:17:22,262 --> 01:17:23,972
and I came out okay.
1199
01:17:24,056 --> 01:17:26,475
Prosecutor Mendoza Diago says…
1200
01:17:27,684 --> 01:17:31,271
There was a confrontation
between Doris Adriana Niño
1201
01:17:31,355 --> 01:17:33,190
and Luz Consuelo Martínez,
1202
01:17:33,273 --> 01:17:34,691
as evidenced by the findings
1203
01:17:34,775 --> 01:17:38,362
on the nails of the former
of the tissue of the latter.
1204
01:17:39,821 --> 01:17:44,076
Please. If there's anything false
about all this, it's that.
1205
01:17:44,993 --> 01:17:47,412
Science is in charge of denying her.
1206
01:17:47,496 --> 01:17:49,498
Mrs. Martínez is lying.
1207
01:17:50,123 --> 01:17:51,708
She was in the apartment.
1208
01:17:52,334 --> 01:17:54,378
And there's
a three-parts-in-a-million chance
1209
01:17:54,461 --> 01:17:55,879
that the tissue isn't hers.
1210
01:17:57,130 --> 01:17:58,590
Who else's would it be?
1211
01:17:58,674 --> 01:17:59,508
Madonna's?
1212
01:18:00,842 --> 01:18:01,885
To be clear,
1213
01:18:01,968 --> 01:18:05,180
she was even more seriously indicted
than Diomedes Díaz.
1214
01:18:05,263 --> 01:18:06,306
She participated.
1215
01:18:10,977 --> 01:18:13,021
I never read the conviction.
1216
01:18:13,105 --> 01:18:14,731
I was sentenced to one year.
1217
01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:17,651
Going to jail…
1218
01:18:18,402 --> 01:18:19,277
your world ends.
1219
01:18:22,155 --> 01:18:25,075
Diomedes Díaz's bodyguards
were also sentenced.
1220
01:18:25,158 --> 01:18:26,827
Each to seven years in prison
1221
01:18:26,910 --> 01:18:29,913
for the crime of concealment
and false testimony.
1222
01:18:29,996 --> 01:18:30,997
BODYGUARD
1223
01:18:31,081 --> 01:18:33,750
But in Colombian prisons,
there are benefits.
1224
01:18:33,834 --> 01:18:35,919
If you study,
you get three months per year.
1225
01:18:36,002 --> 01:18:37,295
And that's what I did.
1226
01:18:38,213 --> 01:18:40,257
I was in jail for four years.
1227
01:18:48,932 --> 01:18:52,978
So far, the motive
for the crime has been uncertain.
1228
01:18:54,020 --> 01:18:56,732
The truth is
that Doris Adriana was murdered.
1229
01:18:57,315 --> 01:18:59,025
Diomedes Díaz murders her
1230
01:18:59,109 --> 01:19:01,528
by placing his hand on her mouth and nose,
1231
01:19:01,611 --> 01:19:04,448
using his strength to exert
so much pressure on her
1232
01:19:04,531 --> 01:19:08,952
that her bite is embedded
in the mucous lining of her lower lip.
1233
01:19:12,998 --> 01:19:14,207
So he killed her.
1234
01:19:16,001 --> 01:19:20,297
Everything indicates that she was invited
to have a sexual relationship.
1235
01:19:20,380 --> 01:19:23,008
That she was invited to an orgy.
1236
01:19:23,884 --> 01:19:25,469
So when she got there,
1237
01:19:25,552 --> 01:19:27,387
she didn't wanna go ahead with it.
1238
01:19:27,471 --> 01:19:28,722
If I wanted to participate,
1239
01:19:28,805 --> 01:19:30,724
I'd take off my pants and get to it.
1240
01:19:31,308 --> 01:19:34,561
But not wanting to do so,
she started to scream.
1241
01:19:34,644 --> 01:19:36,188
And when she started screaming,
1242
01:19:36,271 --> 01:19:38,148
they should've just covered her mouth.
1243
01:19:38,231 --> 01:19:40,817
But by covering her mouth
and nose at the same time,
1244
01:19:40,901 --> 01:19:43,028
he has to assume that she's going to die.
1245
01:19:44,696 --> 01:19:47,991
And Diomedes Díaz has a misogynist inside.
1246
01:19:48,074 --> 01:19:52,913
He believes that he has the authority
to mistreat, to rape, to oppress.
1247
01:19:52,996 --> 01:19:55,957
No one had the right to rape,
beat, or mistreat her,
1248
01:19:56,041 --> 01:19:58,543
because we are talking about a crime.
1249
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,214
But he has to condition himself
to the facts.
1250
01:20:03,340 --> 01:20:05,634
The case here is unintentional homicide
1251
01:20:05,717 --> 01:20:07,010
or wrongful death.
1252
01:20:08,011 --> 01:20:10,555
But now the charge is death
by cocaine overdose.
1253
01:20:11,264 --> 01:20:14,017
Everything that seeks
to modify the charges
1254
01:20:14,100 --> 01:20:15,519
has to be rejected.
1255
01:20:16,686 --> 01:20:17,938
That is my position.
1256
01:20:21,733 --> 01:20:24,194
I do not see the irregularity anywhere.
1257
01:20:24,277 --> 01:20:25,362
Not even close.
1258
01:20:30,492 --> 01:20:31,743
Honorable Judge…
1259
01:20:34,913 --> 01:20:37,749
please restore the hope
of those condemned…
1260
01:20:41,419 --> 01:20:43,713
to 100 years of solitude…
1261
01:20:47,843 --> 01:20:49,261
and utter a judgment
1262
01:20:49,344 --> 01:20:53,682
commensurate with a man's condition
of innocence.
1263
01:20:57,435 --> 01:20:58,478
And the right,
1264
01:20:58,562 --> 01:20:59,938
not only for Diomedes,
1265
01:21:00,480 --> 01:21:02,315
but for all Colombian justice,
1266
01:21:03,066 --> 01:21:06,111
to have in its hands
a second chance on Earth.
1267
01:21:07,487 --> 01:21:08,905
Thank you very much.
1268
01:21:13,201 --> 01:21:14,286
Good afternoon.
1269
01:21:14,369 --> 01:21:16,746
The singer Diomedes Díaz
was sentenced today
1270
01:21:16,830 --> 01:21:18,623
to twelve and a half years in prison.
1271
01:21:18,707 --> 01:21:20,584
The 46th criminal court judge
1272
01:21:20,667 --> 01:21:23,670
found him guilty of the death
of Doris Adriana Niño,
1273
01:21:23,753 --> 01:21:26,464
which occurred on May 15, 1997.
1274
01:21:27,048 --> 01:21:28,383
It has already been proven
1275
01:21:28,466 --> 01:21:31,428
that Doris Adriana did not die
of a cocaine overdose,
1276
01:21:31,511 --> 01:21:32,929
but by asphyxiation.
1277
01:21:35,390 --> 01:21:37,851
The judge sentenced him
to 12 years at first
1278
01:21:37,934 --> 01:21:39,603
for unintentional homicide.
1279
01:21:42,480 --> 01:21:45,859
I would be satisfied,
I repeat, if my sister were still alive.
1280
01:21:46,526 --> 01:21:48,361
The vallenato singer Diomedes Díaz
1281
01:21:48,445 --> 01:21:50,196
will not turn himself in for now.
1282
01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:53,158
Meanwhile, his friends
assure us that, despite the conviction,
1283
01:21:53,241 --> 01:21:54,367
Diomedes is calm.
1284
01:21:54,951 --> 01:21:56,369
He says that he is innocent.
1285
01:21:56,912 --> 01:21:59,456
Just last night,
he told me that he is innocent
1286
01:21:59,539 --> 01:22:01,625
and that one day, he will be proven right.
1287
01:22:02,167 --> 01:22:03,251
It was sad,
1288
01:22:03,335 --> 01:22:05,462
not only Joaco Guillén,
but for the country,
1289
01:22:06,129 --> 01:22:07,005
Colombia,
1290
01:22:07,088 --> 01:22:09,674
and Valledupar, vallenato music.
1291
01:22:11,885 --> 01:22:15,180
Diomedes is also missed
by the 21 children he has had
1292
01:22:15,263 --> 01:22:16,973
with nine different companions.
1293
01:22:17,057 --> 01:22:18,600
The oldest is 26,
1294
01:22:18,683 --> 01:22:20,143
the same age as Betsy Liliana,
1295
01:22:20,226 --> 01:22:22,896
the woman who accompanies him in hiding.
1296
01:22:22,979 --> 01:22:25,190
And the two youngest are nine months old.
1297
01:22:39,871 --> 01:22:42,916
I saw that Diomedes
was deteriorating every day,
1298
01:22:42,999 --> 01:22:44,960
that people were forgetting about him.
1299
01:22:45,919 --> 01:22:47,504
And they were still looking for him.
1300
01:22:47,587 --> 01:22:50,966
And I told him, "Brother,
you've been hiding here for 20 years."
1301
01:22:51,508 --> 01:22:53,760
"You won't fix your problems like this."
1302
01:22:53,843 --> 01:22:56,388
"You have to turn yourself in.
That was our plan."
1303
01:22:56,471 --> 01:22:59,015
"Valledupar, that was very important."
1304
01:22:59,099 --> 01:23:00,350
That's the way we planned it.
1305
01:23:00,934 --> 01:23:01,935
So he did.
1306
01:23:02,018 --> 01:23:05,814
DIOMEDES GOES BACK TO JAIL
1307
01:23:05,897 --> 01:23:08,942
DIOMEDES DÍAZ GOES BACK TO PRISON
1308
01:23:09,025 --> 01:23:13,446
INPEC
JUDICIAL DISTRICT JAIL, VALLEDUPAR
1309
01:23:18,118 --> 01:23:19,661
So they started planning something.
1310
01:23:19,744 --> 01:23:25,208
"I'll turn myself in here in Valledupar
before they send me to Bogotá."
1311
01:23:25,291 --> 01:23:27,210
"Here in Valledupar, I'm the king."
1312
01:23:27,293 --> 01:23:31,256
"Here in Valledupar,
I can be in jail and not really jailed."
1313
01:23:31,339 --> 01:23:32,799
So how did they do that?
1314
01:23:32,882 --> 01:23:35,885
He was a music teacher,
he was a singer, he worked.
1315
01:23:39,764 --> 01:23:41,850
That was handled by Dr. Evelio
1316
01:23:41,933 --> 01:23:43,893
before the justices of the prosecution.
1317
01:23:43,977 --> 01:23:46,396
And they got permission
to record here while in prison.
1318
01:23:51,568 --> 01:23:53,236
We turned it into a studio.
1319
01:23:53,319 --> 01:23:55,405
Sony brought
all the equipment from Bogotá.
1320
01:23:55,488 --> 01:23:57,615
He had a studio and El Cocha worked there.
1321
01:24:06,833 --> 01:24:07,709
He was fine in jail.
1322
01:24:08,460 --> 01:24:10,003
They made sancocho.
1323
01:24:10,086 --> 01:24:11,880
They had parties day and night.
1324
01:24:11,963 --> 01:24:14,257
You can't even imagine
what was going on in there
1325
01:24:14,340 --> 01:24:15,633
until they took him out of there.
1326
01:24:17,552 --> 01:24:19,179
In jail, he had a girlfriend.
1327
01:24:19,262 --> 01:24:23,641
Not even jail could stop him.
He got a girlfriend. A guerrilla.
1328
01:24:27,270 --> 01:24:31,024
Here the paramilitaries took care of us.
And there, he was falling in love.
1329
01:24:42,368 --> 01:24:46,122
I DIDN'T KILL DORIS ADRIANA
1330
01:24:55,882 --> 01:24:58,927
They changed the sentence
to six and a half years.
1331
01:24:59,010 --> 01:25:02,472
And he only ended up
spending 36 months in jail.
1332
01:25:04,682 --> 01:25:06,142
It was a joke.
1333
01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:07,894
Three years.
1334
01:25:08,394 --> 01:25:10,480
It should've been 25 years.
1335
01:25:11,773 --> 01:25:12,982
That isn't justice.
1336
01:25:16,569 --> 01:25:19,864
SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE
INSTITUTIONAL COURT
1337
01:25:19,948 --> 01:25:22,075
Above mere men are institutions.
1338
01:25:25,537 --> 01:25:27,497
Colombia is a state of law,
1339
01:25:27,580 --> 01:25:29,999
in the midst
of all the difficulties we have.
1340
01:25:30,083 --> 01:25:32,085
It is a country with institution.
1341
01:25:32,961 --> 01:25:36,297
And we have an institution
that is the Judiciary Branch
1342
01:25:36,923 --> 01:25:40,969
and the summit of the Judicial Power
is the Supreme Court of Justice.
1343
01:25:44,973 --> 01:25:48,393
And if the Supreme Court,
when reviewing that decision,
1344
01:25:48,476 --> 01:25:49,978
made the decision it did,
1345
01:25:50,562 --> 01:25:53,148
well, I think that is
what we should accept.
1346
01:26:01,030 --> 01:26:02,115
But of course,
1347
01:26:02,198 --> 01:26:04,033
when things of this nature happen,
1348
01:26:04,117 --> 01:26:05,827
well, on both sides,
1349
01:26:05,910 --> 01:26:07,871
but more on the side of the victims,
1350
01:26:08,538 --> 01:26:11,166
and with good reason, there is resentment.
1351
01:26:11,249 --> 01:26:12,208
There is resentment
1352
01:26:12,292 --> 01:26:16,629
even if Diomedes Díaz
had been sentenced to life imprisonment,
1353
01:26:16,713 --> 01:26:18,756
the family would never have been happy,
1354
01:26:19,424 --> 01:26:22,343
because a life cannot be restored
by anything.
1355
01:26:22,427 --> 01:26:25,847
DIOMEDES DÍAZ WAS RELEASED
1356
01:26:31,436 --> 01:26:33,438
I thank God and the Virgin.
1357
01:26:35,940 --> 01:26:38,151
I thank the Colombian justice system
1358
01:26:38,234 --> 01:26:40,111
and all my fans!
1359
01:26:59,047 --> 01:27:00,632
And when he gets out of jail,
1360
01:27:00,715 --> 01:27:02,634
so many people rally behind him,
1361
01:27:02,717 --> 01:27:04,886
motorcycles, bicycles, cars,
1362
01:27:04,969 --> 01:27:06,888
people on foot running, it was crazy.
1363
01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:13,645
WITH MY PEOPLE AGAIN
DIOMEDES DÍAZ
1364
01:27:19,484 --> 01:27:20,360
FAN
1365
01:27:20,443 --> 01:27:23,238
We followed him. With all his craziness,
his faults, we followed him.
1366
01:27:27,283 --> 01:27:30,912
Diomedes and Franco come with everything
with this production for their followers.
1367
01:27:30,995 --> 01:27:32,247
We are here at launch.
1368
01:27:32,872 --> 01:27:34,999
He left prison
with the same desire to sing,
1369
01:27:35,083 --> 01:27:38,294
the same inspiration to write,
still that strong person.
1370
01:27:39,212 --> 01:27:42,674
He did his first concert here in Bogotá
in El Campín,
1371
01:27:42,757 --> 01:27:45,969
which was his first concert
and I was his opening act.
1372
01:27:47,136 --> 01:27:49,764
Ladies and gentlemen,
a very good evening!
1373
01:27:49,847 --> 01:27:52,767
The moment you've all been waiting for
has arrived.
1374
01:27:52,850 --> 01:27:56,145
The great one is back!
1375
01:28:03,820 --> 01:28:05,947
He was always very motivated.
1376
01:28:06,030 --> 01:28:08,658
He was looking forward
to going back on stage.
1377
01:28:08,741 --> 01:28:11,703
When we saw the tickets go on sale,
it was crazy.
1378
01:28:13,288 --> 01:28:15,707
His fans wanted to hug him,
kiss him.
1379
01:28:31,431 --> 01:28:32,849
It was amazing.
1380
01:28:32,932 --> 01:28:33,766
Truly.
1381
01:28:34,517 --> 01:28:36,269
His people welcomed him
1382
01:28:36,352 --> 01:28:40,106
and gave him back that strength
that is given to an artist.
1383
01:28:40,189 --> 01:28:44,902
And the applause and the shouts for him,
Diomedes triumphed at that show.
1384
01:28:56,706 --> 01:28:58,791
The weapon that I have used
to fight this battle
1385
01:28:58,875 --> 01:29:00,251
has been my conscience.
1386
01:29:00,335 --> 01:29:03,796
And I realized that where I was going
was maybe not the best option.
1387
01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:05,173
And that things have changed.
1388
01:29:05,256 --> 01:29:08,676
And from now on,
rest assured, I won't make you look bad.
1389
01:29:16,100 --> 01:29:17,727
My dad was never a murderer.
1390
01:29:17,810 --> 01:29:19,729
He's never touched a fly, my dad.
1391
01:29:19,812 --> 01:29:21,731
To the contrary.
He brought things to life.
1392
01:29:23,358 --> 01:29:25,651
The weight
of the justice system fell on him.
1393
01:29:28,905 --> 01:29:32,992
Diomedes, he could never get rid
of that stain.
1394
01:29:33,076 --> 01:29:35,370
The stain of homicide,
1395
01:29:35,453 --> 01:29:37,163
that ended him artistically.
1396
01:29:41,501 --> 01:29:42,960
He started to decline.
1397
01:29:43,503 --> 01:29:45,088
Diomedes Díaz was done.
1398
01:30:00,895 --> 01:30:02,980
He never got his voice back.
1399
01:30:03,064 --> 01:30:04,732
I was at a festival in Maicao.
1400
01:30:05,233 --> 01:30:07,026
And when he started singing,
1401
01:30:07,110 --> 01:30:09,070
I put my hands on my head.
1402
01:30:09,153 --> 01:30:12,031
"My God. Diomedes, you should retire."
1403
01:30:19,247 --> 01:30:20,998
He lost his self-esteem.
1404
01:30:22,166 --> 01:30:23,084
Yes!
1405
01:30:23,751 --> 01:30:25,461
Diomedes was very ill.
1406
01:30:31,300 --> 01:30:35,221
Diomedes, sometimes he would be awake
for up to three days.
1407
01:30:35,304 --> 01:30:36,472
Four days.
1408
01:30:36,556 --> 01:30:38,307
And he would go out and perform.
1409
01:30:38,391 --> 01:30:39,809
He was already finished.
1410
01:30:39,892 --> 01:30:41,894
He had to stop his drug use.
1411
01:30:41,978 --> 01:30:43,396
You could barely call it singing.
1412
01:30:46,190 --> 01:30:48,901
Look, the last concerts
with his tongue sticking out.
1413
01:30:48,985 --> 01:30:50,319
Physically finished.
1414
01:30:50,403 --> 01:30:51,529
And I left the set.
1415
01:30:52,822 --> 01:30:54,115
A round of applause!
1416
01:30:55,950 --> 01:30:59,954
This difficult situation that Diomedes
lived through is no secret to anyone.
1417
01:31:00,037 --> 01:31:02,123
In fact, I had to live through it too,
1418
01:31:02,206 --> 01:31:03,833
getting run off stage.
1419
01:31:08,004 --> 01:31:09,922
Diomedes was delving into that world
1420
01:31:10,006 --> 01:31:12,049
surrounded by irresponsibility,
1421
01:31:12,133 --> 01:31:13,843
by nothing positive.
1422
01:31:14,719 --> 01:31:16,554
That is false! What does that get me?
1423
01:31:16,637 --> 01:31:19,932
There are 15, 8 thousand,
20 thousand, 16 people.
1424
01:31:20,016 --> 01:31:22,351
I am part of the opposition,
but how is it done?
1425
01:31:24,770 --> 01:31:27,690
The fall was very abrupt.
He simply let himself go.
1426
01:31:29,025 --> 01:31:30,776
He no longer wrote those songs
1427
01:31:30,860 --> 01:31:32,778
that touched everyone's soul
1428
01:31:32,862 --> 01:31:35,990
because his mind had already washed away,
handling it.
1429
01:31:38,910 --> 01:31:41,120
My dad relapsed into many things.
1430
01:31:41,704 --> 01:31:42,997
He didn't want to go sing.
1431
01:31:43,080 --> 01:31:44,832
He didn't even want to bathe.
1432
01:31:44,916 --> 01:31:46,334
He didn't want anything.
1433
01:31:53,508 --> 01:31:56,052
I feel that the accident
he had in the truck
1434
01:31:56,135 --> 01:31:58,429
was the primary cause of his death.
1435
01:32:01,057 --> 01:32:02,683
It was a year earlier.
1436
01:32:03,601 --> 01:32:04,810
Yes, it was dawn.
1437
01:32:05,478 --> 01:32:08,439
But he convinced the driver
to give him the keys.
1438
01:32:08,523 --> 01:32:10,107
But a cow crossed the road
1439
01:32:10,191 --> 01:32:12,318
and he didn't know how
to maneuver the car.
1440
01:32:13,694 --> 01:32:16,197
Diomedes suffered a fracture
in his left rib,
1441
01:32:16,280 --> 01:32:17,865
which is affecting a lung,
1442
01:32:17,949 --> 01:32:21,452
and blows to the head,
but he doesn't have any skull fractures.
1443
01:32:25,414 --> 01:32:27,208
Look, I feel good.
1444
01:32:28,334 --> 01:32:30,336
It was something that had to happen.
1445
01:32:30,419 --> 01:32:31,629
But I promise you that,
1446
01:32:31,712 --> 01:32:33,089
with Christ in hand,
1447
01:32:33,172 --> 01:32:35,341
I will never commit
such recklessness again.
1448
01:32:35,424 --> 01:32:37,343
-Thank you.
-Thank you, Diomedes.
1449
01:32:43,307 --> 01:32:46,852
Everything that happened to him
was because of his loneliness.
1450
01:32:46,936 --> 01:32:48,980
He wasn't in good company.
1451
01:32:52,024 --> 01:32:55,319
Diomedes later separated
from his second wife.
1452
01:32:55,403 --> 01:32:58,155
At that moment,
he kind of wanted to be in peace.
1453
01:33:01,659 --> 01:33:04,036
We decided to be together
and live together
1454
01:33:04,120 --> 01:33:06,080
to try to have a better future.
1455
01:33:09,542 --> 01:33:11,210
He was not in bad company.
1456
01:33:13,004 --> 01:33:15,006
I'm the one who gave life to Diomedes.
1457
01:33:19,051 --> 01:33:22,221
And yet,
the people who managed him exploited him.
1458
01:33:22,305 --> 01:33:23,180
Is this guy sick?
1459
01:33:23,264 --> 01:33:24,807
Put him in the hospital.
1460
01:33:24,890 --> 01:33:28,686
No, he's going to sing
and we're gonna force him to keep going
1461
01:33:28,769 --> 01:33:29,979
until he bursts.
1462
01:33:32,523 --> 01:33:34,942
Here again is the vallenato Grammy!
1463
01:33:35,026 --> 01:33:36,319
With great pleasure!
1464
01:33:40,072 --> 01:33:42,241
Whenever Diomedes finished a concert,
1465
01:33:42,950 --> 01:33:44,118
he would hug me,
1466
01:33:44,201 --> 01:33:45,328
and his circle there,
1467
01:33:45,953 --> 01:33:49,373
and he would say to me,
"Help me. Help me, Jorge."
1468
01:33:52,001 --> 01:33:54,295
I am happy to be with you
on The Star Show, Jorge.
1469
01:33:54,378 --> 01:33:57,340
You know I love and admire you very much.
All Colombians do.
1470
01:33:57,423 --> 01:33:58,633
The Chief of La Junta.
1471
01:34:01,344 --> 01:34:02,928
He knew what was going to happen.
1472
01:34:03,012 --> 01:34:04,221
He foretold his death.
1473
01:34:05,473 --> 01:34:07,516
"I'm going to die," he told me.
1474
01:34:07,600 --> 01:34:10,269
And I said, "Oh, Dad.
How can you tell me that, man?"
1475
01:34:10,353 --> 01:34:11,437
"With all these parties?"
1476
01:34:11,520 --> 01:34:13,606
BARRANQUILLA, LAST CONCERT
DECEMBER, 2013
1477
01:34:13,689 --> 01:34:18,402
The Chief, Diomedes Díaz!
1478
01:34:18,486 --> 01:34:19,945
Diomedes!
1479
01:34:20,821 --> 01:34:23,949
We played on the 20th
in Barranquilla in Trucupey.
1480
01:34:24,033 --> 01:34:25,201
It was the last dance.
1481
01:34:30,456 --> 01:34:34,168
The worst I ever saw from Diomedes.
He didn't finish a single song.
1482
01:34:34,251 --> 01:34:35,878
In prophetic words, he said,
1483
01:34:35,961 --> 01:34:37,922
"This is the worst concert
I have ever sung,
1484
01:34:38,005 --> 01:34:40,299
but I promise you will never see me
like this again."
1485
01:34:40,383 --> 01:34:42,468
And he passed away on December 22.
1486
01:34:42,551 --> 01:34:44,637
Due to a cardiorespiratory arrest.
1487
01:34:49,558 --> 01:34:50,893
DECEMBER 22, 2013
1488
01:34:50,976 --> 01:34:52,436
It is 4:30 pm.
1489
01:34:52,520 --> 01:34:55,189
Today, December 22, 2013.
1490
01:34:56,482 --> 01:34:58,359
This great figure of our folklore,
1491
01:34:58,442 --> 01:35:00,152
El Cacique, Diomedes Díaz,
1492
01:35:00,236 --> 01:35:01,070
has passed away.
1493
01:35:01,570 --> 01:35:03,698
THE VALLEY CRIES FOR DIOMEDES
1494
01:35:04,865 --> 01:35:07,576
We were celebrating the CD that came out.
1495
01:35:07,660 --> 01:35:08,536
I took the CD,
1496
01:35:08,619 --> 01:35:09,954
and I hugged it.
1497
01:35:10,037 --> 01:35:10,996
Diomedes died.
1498
01:35:12,248 --> 01:35:13,624
No, this was all full once.
1499
01:35:13,708 --> 01:35:14,875
YOU RESURRECTED FOR ETERNITY
1500
01:35:14,959 --> 01:35:15,876
It looked like a wake.
1501
01:35:15,960 --> 01:35:18,421
My daughter had
to take all of it out of here
1502
01:35:18,504 --> 01:35:20,131
so that I would stop crying.
1503
01:35:23,259 --> 01:35:24,427
He is number one
1504
01:35:24,510 --> 01:35:26,053
and still is, even after death.
1505
01:35:33,644 --> 01:35:35,855
Diomedes died on December 22
1506
01:35:35,938 --> 01:35:38,065
and was buried on December 25.
1507
01:35:40,484 --> 01:35:42,570
It was amazing.
An incredible showing from the people.
1508
01:35:42,653 --> 01:35:44,155
REUNITED!
DIOMEDES DÍAZ AND JUANCHO ROIS
1509
01:36:08,763 --> 01:36:10,514
When we got to the cemetery,
1510
01:36:10,598 --> 01:36:12,266
they didn't want to let us in.
1511
01:36:12,349 --> 01:36:14,769
A chorus of about 10,000 people told us…
1512
01:36:20,858 --> 01:36:23,736
"Don't bury him!
He's alive! Don't bury him!"
1513
01:36:26,781 --> 01:36:29,366
The police, even the ESMAD,
had to be there
1514
01:36:29,450 --> 01:36:31,911
because the public,
his fans, wanted to come in.
1515
01:36:31,994 --> 01:36:35,080
They wanted to see him go down and there
was no room for people in the cemetery.
1516
01:36:47,968 --> 01:36:50,137
DIOMEDES DÍAZ MAESTRE
MAY 26, 1957 - DEC 22, 2013
1517
01:36:50,221 --> 01:36:51,889
Do you think about death?
1518
01:36:53,849 --> 01:36:54,975
Every day.
1519
01:36:55,059 --> 01:36:55,976
Daily.
1520
01:36:56,060 --> 01:36:58,604
If I knew that death, for example…
1521
01:36:58,687 --> 01:37:02,107
If I were more dead than alive,
I would die today.
1522
01:37:03,275 --> 01:37:04,485
But I don't know, man.
1523
01:37:04,568 --> 01:37:05,611
I don't want to die.
1524
01:37:06,195 --> 01:37:08,280
I try to stay in my body.
1525
01:37:15,955 --> 01:37:17,665
One thing is the artist
1526
01:37:17,748 --> 01:37:19,667
and another is what
he has done as a person.
1527
01:37:19,750 --> 01:37:21,710
I always say
that he is an icon of folklore
1528
01:37:21,794 --> 01:37:23,921
and that no one can take
that away from him.
1529
01:37:24,004 --> 01:37:25,965
But we must be realistic.
1530
01:37:26,757 --> 01:37:29,802
Today, the truth of what happened
that night in that apartment
1531
01:37:29,885 --> 01:37:30,928
is still unknown.
1532
01:37:31,971 --> 01:37:34,765
I cannot believe
that everything they say happened.
1533
01:37:35,891 --> 01:37:38,102
Diomedes was incapable of killing anyone.
1534
01:37:38,936 --> 01:37:40,187
Why did they pursue him?
1535
01:37:40,271 --> 01:37:41,272
Because he had the fame.
1536
01:37:43,732 --> 01:37:47,069
Diomedes made such
a strong bond with his people.
1537
01:37:47,152 --> 01:37:49,613
He gave himself over to his fans,
1538
01:37:49,697 --> 01:37:51,699
and they always supported Diomedes,
1539
01:37:51,782 --> 01:37:53,701
because they believed him innocent.
1540
01:37:56,662 --> 01:37:59,248
Diomedes, even dead,
is still number one.
1541
01:37:59,832 --> 01:38:01,375
The most played in Colombia.
1542
01:38:02,084 --> 01:38:03,919
Diomedes is a school.
1543
01:38:05,462 --> 01:38:08,507
He was the greatest thing
our vallenato folklore ever had.
1544
01:38:12,011 --> 01:38:14,430
Diomedes' main legacy is his talent,
1545
01:38:14,513 --> 01:38:15,347
his songs.
1546
01:38:16,223 --> 01:38:18,893
"The wound that I always carry
in my soul does not heal."
1547
01:38:19,685 --> 01:38:21,353
They are poems for the people.
1548
01:38:22,563 --> 01:38:25,441
Diomedes was a product
of Colombian society,
1549
01:38:25,524 --> 01:38:28,027
bordering on the ethical
and the unethical.
1550
01:38:28,110 --> 01:38:29,862
And he a reflects us in some way.
1551
01:38:30,571 --> 01:38:32,656
And he sums us up in his songs.
1552
01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:48,005
No one else is like Diomedes.
1553
01:38:48,088 --> 01:38:49,798
Another will never be born.
1554
01:38:49,882 --> 01:38:51,717
If they are born, they won't grow up.
1555
01:38:51,800 --> 01:38:53,469
And if they do, they'll go insane.
1556
01:39:03,729 --> 01:39:04,939
Thank you very much.
1557
01:39:05,022 --> 01:39:05,856
Thank you.
1558
01:39:38,097 --> 01:39:39,223
My pleasure.
1559
01:39:44,228 --> 01:39:46,563
This documentary is based
on a journalistic investigation
1560
01:39:46,647 --> 01:39:48,399
about the life and work
of Diomedes Díaz Maestre.
1561
01:39:48,482 --> 01:39:50,943
The process included interviews,
reviewing press, bibliography,
1562
01:39:51,026 --> 01:39:51,986
and judicial documents.
1563
01:39:52,069 --> 01:39:53,404
The documentary
was made under the protection
1564
01:39:53,529 --> 01:39:56,281
of constitutional and legal norms
on freedom of expression,
1565
01:39:56,365 --> 01:39:58,158
and therefore has no intention
of harming anyone,
1566
01:39:58,242 --> 01:40:00,160
but rather to present
the product of such investigation.
1567
01:40:00,244 --> 01:40:02,246
The procedural truth lies
in the case files
1568
01:40:02,329 --> 01:40:03,539
and judicial decisions.
1569
01:40:03,622 --> 01:40:05,457
The opinions or comments
of the interviewees
1570
01:40:05,541 --> 01:40:07,209
do not represent
the vision of the production.
1571
01:40:07,292 --> 01:40:10,212
We thank all those
who participated with their testimony,
1572
01:40:10,295 --> 01:40:13,465
including Jorge Oñate,
who was interviewed days before his death.