Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years

Published December 4, 2024 5:13 PM

Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported home. Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show that Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence. U.S. authorities said the 67-year-old Ochoa and his older brothers amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was arrested in Colombia and extradited to the U.S. in 2001 in response to an indictment in Miami.

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