A key member of Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel, known as one of the world's wealthiest drug lords, has been deported back to Colombia after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States. Ochoa was met by immigration officials upon arrival and confirmed to not be wanted by Colombian authorities. He was released to reunite with his family.
An influential member of Pablo Escobar 's drug cartel , Ochoa became so wealthy from the cocaine trade that he was listed on the Forbes billionaire list in 1987.’s legendary 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.
Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1986 killing of Barry Seal, an American pilot who flew cocaine flights for the Medellin cartel, but became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration. The three brothers were released from prison in 1996, but Ochoa was arrested again three years later for drug trafficking and was extradited to the U.S. in 2001 in response to an indictment in Miami naming him and more than 40 people as part of a drug smuggling conspiracy.He was the only suspect in that group who opted to go to trial, resulting in his conviction and a 30-year sentence. The other defendants got much lighter prison terms because most of them cooperated with the government.
But the former member of the Medellin cartel was recently depicted in the Netflix series"Griselda," where he first fights the plucky businesswoman Griselda Blanco for control of Miami's cocaine market, and then makes an alliance with the drug trafficker, played by Sofia Vergara.series"Narcos," as the youngest son of an elite Medellin family that is into ranching and horse breeding and cuts a sharp contrast with Escobar, who came from more humble roots.
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