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, 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.

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 ...

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, 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, after being deported from the United States, in Bogota, Colombia ...

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 arrived in Bogota’s El Dorado airport on a deportation flight on Monday, wearing a grey sweatshirt and carrying his personal belongings in a plastic bag.

A short while later, Fabio Ochoa was again a free man. Ochoa arrived in Bogota on a deportation flight on Monday afternoon, ...

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. ...