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Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (born 7 September 1949) [9] is a Colombian and German former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel.Born to a German father and Colombian mother, [10] 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.
The inn was partially abandoned when Lehder went into hiding. In 1985, a fire destroyed the restaurant and part of the bar. [7] Following Lehder's capture and extradition in 1987, the inn was the target of looting. After having been abandoned for several years the inn was expropriated by the Colombian government in 1998. [1]
Carlos Lehder played by Juan Riedinger (season 1), a drug trafficker and high-ranking member of the Medellín cartel. CIA officer played by Richard T. Jones (season 1; guest season 2), a member of Murphy’s task force. Elisa Álvarez played by Ana de la Reguera (season 1), the co-leader of guerrilla faction 19th of April Movement (M-19).
EXCLUSIVE: Rakontur has wrapped production on The Last of the Cocaine Cowboys, a four-part documentary miniseries on Medellín Cartel co-founder Carlos Lehder. Described by the U.S. Department of ...
Lehder, before with his partner George Jung and later through Norman's Cay, is often credited with revolutionizing drug smuggling. The typical method of transporting small shipments, often carried by human drug mules , either through ingestion or in their luggage, onto commercial airlines, was surpassed by the use of small aircraft shipping ...
Paraíso blanco is a Colombian streaming television series produced by Caracol Televisión for TelevisaUnivision. [1] The series is based on the life of former German-Colombian drug lord Carlos Lehder, inspired by the book Crazy Charlie written by Ron Chepesiuk. [2]
By decade's end (around 1978), Lehder had betrayed Jung. Lehder did this by trying to push Jung out of the business and began setting up his own major cocaine transshipment operation for Escobar and the Medellín organization on an island in the Bahamas called Norman's Cay. Here, Lehder would take up an unconventional, hedonistic, drug-fueled ...
The first season of Narcos, an American crime thriller drama web television series produced and created by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro, follows the story of notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who became a billionaire through the production and distribution of cocaine, while also focusing on Escobar's interactions with other drug lords, DEA agents, and various opposition ...