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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Medellin Cartel Co-Founder Returns to Colombia After US Prison Sentence
Caption: Medellin Cartel Co-Founder Returns to Colombia After US Prison Sentence. Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, 67, founder of the Medellin cartel, returns to Colombia after 20 years in US prison. Deported by the US, Ochoa landed in Bogota on Monday, cleared by Colombian authorities to reunite with family. As Pablo Escobar’s lieutenant, Ochoa helped the Medellin cartel dominate the global cocaine trade in the 1980s. The Medellin cartel waged terror on Colombia before Escobar's death in 1993 ended its reign. Ochoa, arrested in Colombia in 1999, was extradited to the US in 2001 and sentenced to 30+ years for trafficking. Greeted by relatives at the Bogota airport, Ochoa hugged his daughter amidst a crowd of reporters. In the 1990s, Ochoa and his brothers briefly avoided extradition by surrendering under a Colombian plea program. Ochoa once managed operations for a cartel that supplied 80% of the cocaine in the US market. Now back in Colombia, Ochoa’s future unfolds after decades tied to one of history’s most infamous drug empires. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Medellin,Co-Founder,Returns,Colombia,US Prison,Sentence,Deported,Fabio Ochoa Vasquez,Drug cartel,Pablo Escobar,Authorities,Reunite,Family,Bogota,current affairs and politics
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