Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was captured by Colombian authorities and extradited to the United States for conspiracy and drug trafficking.
In the next few hours, the former boss of the Medellín cartel would arrive in Colombia, Fabio Ochoaafter being deported after serving a sentence of almost 26 years in the United States.
So far, national authorities have not provided details of the arrival of Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, but preliminary information indicates that he would initially arrive in the city of Bogotá.
The news of his deportation has been circulating since the first week of December and from that moment the procedures began before the justice of that country.
Then, the director of the National Police, General William René Salamanca, was consulted about its veracity, but the senior officer indicated that everything would depend on judicial matters in the United States.
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It should be remembered that this man was accused of leading a smuggling operation that transported about 30 tons of cocaine to the United States, between 1997 and 1999.
In October 1999, Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was captured by Colombian authorities and in August 2001, President Andrés Pastrana approved his extradition to the United States, where he faced charges of conspiracy and drug trafficking.
His name was also involved in the murder of the pilot of the Medellin posterBarry Seal, events that occurred in February 1986.
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The investigations also pointed to Fabio Ochoa as responsible for serving as a liaison for the Medellín cartel with some illegal groups that were operating in Mexico at that time.
The youngest of the Ochoas and brother of Jorge Luis and Juan David, he will always be remembered as one of the men close to the boss. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. Currently, Fabio Ochoa has no pending charges with justice.
