Carlos Lehder, Medellín Cartel boss and Pablo Escobar's partner, freed in Colombia 3 days after arrest

Carlos Lehder, Former Pablo Escobar Ally, Can Now Walk Free In Colombia

Carlos Lehder, a former leader of the Medellín Cartel and close ally of Pablo Escobar, was released in Colombia after a local judge ruled that his sentences are no longer enforceable

Former Medellin Cartel boss released in Colombia

The ally of Pablo Escobar has served more than 30 years in prison

Carlos Lehder, Medellín Cartel boss and Pablo Escobar's partner, freed in Colombia 3 days after arrest

Carolos Lehder, who served over 30 years in a U.S. prison, once owned a luxurious hotel, which had caged lions and a large statue of John Lennon.

Notorious drug lord Carlos Lehder, co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, was released on Monday. "Viva Colombia!" (long live Colombia) shouted the drug criminal as he waved his release card in front of the prison. Read more on Telegraaf.nl

A court in Bogotá ordered this Monday to release former Colombian drug dealer Carlos Lehder, who was founder of the Medellín Cartel, because he already prescribed the penalty for the manufacture, trafficking and carrying of weapons and ammunition for private use by the Armed Forces for which he was arrested last week in the Colombian capital. This was determined by Court 18 of Execution of Penalties of Bogotá in defining the situation of Lehder,…

On Monday, a judge in Bogotá cancelled the arrest warrant against former drug dealer Carlos Lehder, former head of the Medellín cartel, for the offence of illegal carrying of arms for which he was convicted in 1995. Martha Yaneth Delgado Molano argued, the sentence handed down on 30 August 1999, which sentenced him to 24 years in prison, can no longer be applied. Since then, 25 years and 7 months have passed, so she concludes that “the time requ…