# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlos-lehder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:41:48.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlos-lehder"
name: "Carlos Lehder"
slug: "carlos-lehder"
description: "Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas is a Colombian and German former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel. Born to a German father and Colombian mother, he was the first high-level drug trafficker extradited to the United States, after which he was released from prison in the United States after 33 years in 2020. Originally from Armenia, Colombia, Lehder eventually ran a cocaine transport empire on Norman's Cay island, 210 miles (340 km) off the Florida coast in the central Bahamas."
tagline: "Colombian druglord"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlos_Lehder_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1949-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.1493
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "كارلوس ليهدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder_Rivas"
    title: "Carlos Lehder Rivas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Ледер, Карлос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Карлос Ледер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder"
    title: "Carlos Lehder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump