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. The 75-year-old ...

A Bogota court ordered the release of founding Medellin Cartel member Carlos Lehder, claiming his arrest on Friday had been illegal. Lehder was arrested after he returned to Colombia 38 years after ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombian authorities released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder on Monday after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old ...

Colombia’s migration authority jailed Medellin Cartel founder Carlos Lehder after he arrived in the capital Bogota on Friday. Lehder was detained on El Dorado Airport while trying to enter the country ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Carlos Lehder, a former Medellín Cartel leader and one of the most notorious figures in the history of drug trafficking, was arrested on March 28, 2025, at Bogotá's El Dorado ...

MIAMIMIAMI — Carlos Lehder, quien fuera socio del narcotraficante Pablo Escobar y uno de los primeros “’cowboys de la cocaína”, ha quedado en libertad luego de una larga sentencia en Estados Unidos y ...

Pablo Escobar's crime partner and one of Colombia's pioneering “cocaine cowboys” has been released after a long prison sentence in the U.S. and been deported to Germany, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Colombian authorities released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder on Monday after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old had expired. Lehder, ...

A man known as one of the “cocaine cowboys” who helped lead Colombia’s infamous Medellin drug cartel alongside Pablo Escobar has been released from a U.S. prison and deported to Germany. Carlos Lehder ...

Convicted drug trafficker Carlos Lehder was released from a US prison on Monday, 33 years after his arrest in Colombia. Lehder rose to power in the Medellin cartel, alongside Pablo Escobar, but among ...

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