This undated file photo shows Fabio Ochoa Vasquez. / AP He was initially arrested in 1990 in Colombia under a government program promising drug kingpins would not be extradited to the U.S.

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 after ...

Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of Cartel of Medellin, kisses a relative’s hand upon his arrival at El Dorado airport in Bogotá, Colombia, on Dec. 23, 2024.

Media swarm Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of the Medellin cartel, upon his arrival at El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia, December 23, 2024.

Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of Cartel of Medellin, kisses a relative's hand upon his arrival at El Dorado airport, after being deported from the United States, in Bogota, Colombia, Monday ...

Fabio Ochoa, one of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel, has been deported back to the South American country, where he has walked free.

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, one of the founders of the Medellin Cartel and associate of Pablo Escobar, has arrived in Colombia deported after serving 26 years of drug trafficking sentence in the United ...

Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of Cartel of Medellin, kisses a relative’s hand upon his arrival at El Dorado airport, after being deported from the United States, in Bogota, Colombia ...

Fabio Ochoa, center, a former member of Cartel of Medellin, kisses a relative's hand upon his arrival at El Dorado airport in Bogotá, Colombia, on Dec. 23, 2024. ...

A short while later, Fabio Ochoa was again a free man. Ochoa arrived in Bogota on a deportation flight on Monday afternoon, wearing a modest grey sweatshirt and carrying his personal belongings in ...