Drug lord back in Colombia after 20 years in US jail

One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking. Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, now 67 years old, was deported by the US government and landed in Bogota on Monday a free …

Colombia's Constitutional Court overturns the blocking by a government agency against a journalist on X

This article was kindly written for Media Defence by Laura Urrego, Project Coordinator at El Veinte.  On 16 August 2023, journalist José Manuel Vega de la Cruz noticed that he had been blocked by the X account (formerly Twitter) of the Governor’s office of …

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Colombia Is at Risk of Repeating Brazil’s Costly Fiscal Mistakes

(Bloomberg) -- Colombia and Brazil are both run by leftist presidents with ambitious social agendas. Now the neighboring Latin American nations have something else in common: growing investor fears about government finance. Most Read from Bloomberg In the …

US deports Pablo Escobar ex-lieutenant to Colombia

BOGOTA Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, a Medellin Cartel co-founder and former lieutenant to notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar, was deported to Colombia on Dec. 23 after serving a long U.S. prison sentence. The 67-year-old, who is no longer a wanted man in his home …

Escobar Lieutenant Deported to Colombia After Serving US Sentence

Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, a co-founder of the Medellin Cartel and a former lieutenant of the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar, was sent back to Colombia on Monday after completing a lengthy prison sentence in the US. At 67, he was no longer sought by …

Colombia, Drug Trafficking, Deportation, Ochoa

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, one of the founders of the Medellín Cartel and former partner of Pablo Escobar, was deported to Colombia on Monday after serving a sentence of more than two decades in prison in the United States. With no pending accounts with the …

Anaergia to Supply Organic Waste to Energy Solution to PepsiCo in Colombia

Food production facility to utilize its waste stream to produce energy, while reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions Article content BURLINGTON, Ontario — Anaergia Inc. (“Anaergia” or the “Company”) (TSX: ANRG) announced today that its Canadian subsidiary, …

Colombia’s Petro shares luncheon with homeless

The president, escorted by some ministers, pointed out in his speech that it is necessary for this population to receive greater attention and support from the Government. “Every State official must serve them and not the other way around. The Constitution …

Legendary drug lord released from U.S. prison, deported to Colombia, freed

One of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States. A short while later, Fabio Ochoa was again …