Ochoa was arrested again and extradited to the U.S. in 2001 in response to an indictment in Miami naming him and more than 40 people as part of a drug smuggling conspiracy.

What's New. Fabio Ochoa, one of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a former Medellín Cartel leader, will return to his home country on Monday aboard a deportation flight from the United States ...

One of Colombia's legendary drug lords has been released from prison and is expected to be deported. Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1986 killing of a DEA informant.