 His second novel "Rosario Tijeras" was published in 1999 and won the Premio Beca Nacional Colcultura and the Premio yermen pajaro of the literature event referred to as "Semana Negra" (Black week) in the Spanish city Gijón in 2000.The Mexican film maker Emilio Maillé adapted this novel for film under the title "Rosario Tijeras" in 2005.In 2010 the RCN TV made a television adaptation, composed of 60 episodes and starring Maria Fernanda Yepes.