Colombian authorities arrest former drug lord Carlos Lehder

Carlos Lehder’s desire to return to Colombia after nearly four decades led him to an unexpected outcome. This Saturday, Bogotá’s Trial Trial 02 legalized the capture of the former drug dealer and ordered his provisional arrest, after the previous day he was arrested after landing in Bogotá, as a tourist. At 75 years old, and after having paid a sentence of more than three decades in prison in the United States for cocaine trafficking, the former…

He was a well-known drug smuggler, the right hand of the Narco boss Pablo Escobar.

Colombian authorities arrest former drug lord Carlos Lehder

Carlos Lehder, former drug trafficker and one of the founding leaders of the Medellin Cartel, was arrested on Friday by Colombian authorities upon his arrival from Germany on a warrant in the Latin American country.

A former partner of Pablo Escobar on the Medellín cartel traveled this Friday from Germany to Colombia, where he was held by the police to verify his judicial situation.Carlos Lehder, 75, was the first great Colombian capo extradited to the United States, where he served a 30-year prison sentence. He was expelled after his release in 2020 to Germany, for his dual nationality, although he had repeatedly expressed his willingness to return to Colo…

Carlos Leather Rivas was sentenced in the US to life plus 135 years, but was released in 2020 for health reasons.

ThePatriotLight - Colombian authorities arrest former drug lord Carlos Lehder

ThePatriotLight - Carlos Lehder, former drug trafficker and one of the founding leaders of the Medellin Cartel, was arrested on Friday by Colombian authorities upon his arrival from Germany on a warrant in the Latin American country.Colombian authorities arrest former drug lord Carlos Lehder