Carlos Lehder Rivas smuggled cocaine worth billions to the US in the 1970s and 80s. | Colombian drug lord Carlos Lehder Rivas, who helped create the Medellin cartel along with Pablo Escobar has been extradited to Germany after serving 30 years in a US prison. The 70 year-old landed in Frankfurt on Tuesday morning before he was handed over to the German authorities. Lehder has both German and Colombian citizenship. He was sentenced by a U.S. court to 134 years in prison in 1987 but cooperated.
![]() | Lehder is reported to be seriously ill. |
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Medellín cartel co-founder transferred to Germany after US prison
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Carlos Lehder Rivas smuggled cocaine worth billions to the US in the 1970s and 80s.
Lehder is reported to be seriously ill.
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