Famed Colombian drug lord Fabio Ochoa released from US prison and deported
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Ochoa, who was part of the Medellin drug cartel led by Pablo Escobar, had been serving a prison sentence in the United States for his alleged role in the...
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Ochoa, who was part of the Medellin drug cartel led by Pablo Escobar, had been serving a prison sentence in the United States for his alleged role in the...
Ochoa was one of the cartel's key operators at the time and lived for several years in Miami where he ran a distribution center for the cocaine cartel.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The return of former drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia following his deportation from the United States has reopened old wounds among victims of the Medellín Cartel, with some expressing dismay at the Colombian authorities’ decision to let Ochoa walk free.
One of Colombia’s infamous drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States.
Return of former drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia following his deportation from United States has reopened old wounds among victims of Medellín cartel, with some expressing dismay at Colombian authorities' decision to let Ochoa walk free.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The return of former drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia following his deportation from the United States has reopened old wounds among victims of the Medellín Cartel, with some expressing dismay at the Colombian authorities’ decision to let Ochoa walk free.
Fabio Ochoa arrived at Bogota's El Dorado airport on a deportation flight on Monday, wearing a grey sweatshirt and carrying his personal belongings in a plastic bag.
