Fabio Ochoa, (C), is welcomed by relatives upon arriving at El Dorado airport after being deported from the United States, in Bogota, Colombia, on Dec. 23, 2024. Fernando Vergara/AP Photo
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—One of Colombia’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.
A short while later, Fabio Ochoa was again a free man.