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Carlos Lehder

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Colombian druglord

Born 1949 · age 77
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Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas is a Colombian and German former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel.

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Carlos Lehder (left) snorting cocaine with former prison mate Steven Yakovac on Norman's Cay (1976)Carlos Lehder (left) snorting cocaine with former prison mate Steven Yakovac on Norman's Cay (1976)The wreckage of a Curtiss C-46 Commando that crashed in shallow water at Norman's Cay in November 1980 (1999)The wreckage of a Curtiss C-46 Commando that crashed in shallow water at Norman's Cay in November 1980 (1999)Norman's Cay in 1981Norman's Cay in 1981

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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.

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Born 1949 · age 77
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