Special Comico (2016) - Carlos Lehder [Dominican_Vines_RD]
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas or simply Carlos Lehder born September 7, 1949 1 is a co-founder of the Medellin Cartel and former Colombian drug lord, he is currently imprisoned in the United States 2 3 Nephi in Armenia, British Lehder finally ran a cocaine transport empire on the island Cay Norman, 210 miles 340 km off the coast of Florida to the Bahamas April 2 plants.
LEHDER was one of the founding members of Muerte a Secuestradores MAS paramilitary group whose objective was to retaliate against the abduction of cartel members and their families by guerrillas 2 5 6 7 8 His motivation for join the MAS was to retaliate against M -19 guerrilla movement which, 19 November 1981 tried to kidnap him for ransom, but the kidnappers escaped, and they have managed to shoot him in leg 9 was one of the largest operators of MAS and Medellin Cartel is considered one of the most important Colombian drug lords have been successfully prosecuted in the United States.
In addition, Lehder founded a neo-Nazi political party, the National Movement Latin, whose main function, according to police, seemed to force the British to repeal its extradition treaty with the United States 10.
LEHDER is German-Colombian mixed origin; his father a German engineer and Colombian schoolteacher mother 11 The family owned a semi-legitimate used cars in the region where Medellín Carlos debuted as a criminal, by providing quotes stolen American cars needed.
Carlos Lehder left snorting cocaine with former fellow prisoner Steven Yakovac Norman Cay 1976.
LEHDER started as a car dealer stolen, a marijuana dealer, and car dealer flights between the United States and Canada while serving a sentence for car theft in federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut has LEHDER decided that upon his release he took advantage of the growing market for cocaine in the United States to this end, he enlisted his prison bunkmate, former marijuana dealer George Jung as a future partner 11 Jung had the flying experience marijuana to the United States from Mexico in a small plane, staying below radar level, and landing on dry lake beds Inspired by the idea, Lehder decided to apply the principle transportation of cocaine and formed a partnership with Jung 12 While in prison, Lehder sought to learn as much information as possible that might be useful in the field of cocaine sometimes going even hours questioning fellow inmates on money laundering and smuggling Jung was as Lehder kept countless files and constantly took notes.
Ultimate system Lehder was to revolutionize the cocaine trade by transporting drugs to the United States, with 13 small planes.
After their release the two have been released on parole, Lehder and Jung built a small revenue stream by simple, traditional drug trafficking Specifically, they recruited two young American women to take paid vacation in Antigua receive cocaine, and carry it with them to the United States in their bags by repeating this process several times, Lehder and Jung had enough money for a plane soon.
Using a small plane and flew a commercial pilot, the couple began to fly cocaine to the United States by the Bahamas in the process of increasing their financial resources and building relationships and trust with suppliers Colombians, while spreading money around among officials of the Government of the Bahamas for political and judicial protection reasons Their unconventional method of drug trafficking began to gain credibility.
In the 1970s, the Lehder-Jung partnership began to diverge, due to a combination of megalomania and Lehder intriguing secret to getting a personal Bahamian island as versatile seat to his citation of necessary operations.
This island was Norman's Cay which at that time consisted of a marina, a yacht club, about 100 private houses, and an air strip in 1978 Lehder began buying property and harass and threaten the inhabitants of the island; at one point, a yacht was found drifting off the coast with the corpse of one of his owners on board Lehder is estimated to have spent 4 to 5 million over the island a total of 14.
As Lehder paid or forced the local population to leave, and began to take total control of the island, Cay Norman became his private fiefdom Lawless At that time he forced Jung of the operation, and the International Criminal Financial Robert Vesco had allegedly become a partner Jung used his connections before making a more modest line of independent smuggling for Pablo Escobar and stayed on the way quotation Lehder necessary.
From 1978 to 1982, the Cay was the main hub of the Caribbean drug smuggling, and a tropical haven and playground for Lehder and associates They flew cocaine from Colombia jet and reloaded in the small plane then distributed to places in Georgia Florida and the Carolinas 14 13 Lehder believed to have received 1 kilo on all 4 which was transported by Cay Norman 2.
LEHDER built a runway 1,000 meters 3,300 feet protected by radar, bodyguards, and Doberman attack dogs for the fleet of aircraft under its 2 command 4 In the glory days of its operation, 300 kg 15 cocaine arrive on the island every day, and the personal wealth LEHDER mounted into the billions, it has accumulated such staggering wealth that on two occasions he offered to pay the Colombian foreign debt in 1978, he made an offer of do to President Alfonso López Michelsen in exchange for a free space for drug trafficking; Escobar then in 1982 by a member of the Colombian Congress, Lehder did it again, this time to try to prevent his extradition necessary quote.
Their government approval for the extradition of Colombians and encouraged Escobar Lehder to participate in the political Lehder founded the National Movement Movimiento Latino Latino Nacional in Spanish, which had three seats in Congress and popularized by making speeches against the 'extradition.
April 30, 1984 murder of Rodrigo Lara Bonilla Colombian Minister of Justice, launched the beginning of the end for Lehder Medellín cartel and Lara had campaigned against the activities of the cartel, and his murder marked a change in the Colombian President Belisario Betancur policy that had already opposed extraditing Colombian drug lords to the United States, announced that it was ready to extradite Lehder s was the top name on the suppression list.
Other Great Medellin Cartel associates fled to the protection of Manuel Noriega in Panama, but when Pablo Escobar discovered Noriega was plotting to betray the United States in exchange for amnesty, cartel associates fled Nicaragua to seek the help of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Escobar had paid some of the closest colonels Noriega to advise the intentions of Noriega.
The fall of Lehder was assisted by his blatant Bribe officials and Bahamas attention to the activities Cay Norman attracted.
After NBC on September 5 s Brian Ross, 1983 report on American television released the corrupt leaders of the Government of the Bahamas, 16 Lehder could not return to Cay Norman The government froze all bank accounts and managed property and possessions, and he went from being a billionaire to bankrupt almost on the run in the jungle, he fell ill with a fever Escobar sent a helicopter to Lehder and brought him back to Medellin, where he received medical treatment for save his life, although he was left very weak Lehder When recovered, Escobar hired him as a bodyguard.
Finally, Lehder wanted to rebuild his fortune, but he was captured in a farm he had just established in Colombia, where his new employee informed the police of its location Another theory supported by Jhon Jairo Velásquez, better known as Popeye, Pablo Escobar assassin's head, which the other members of the Medellín cartel wanted him out of the picture due to its military behavior as radical, they believed jeopardize their cocaine empire and thus Escobar himself provided the whereabouts of LEHDER to police, leading to the capture Lehder.
After capturing one of the most powerful cartel members, the US government used it as a source of information on the details of the cartel secret empire, which later proved useful in helping the Colombian government to dismantle the Cartel In 1987 Lehder was extradited to the United States, where he was tried and sentenced to life without parole, plus an additional 135 years now, all the other cartel leaders knew what would happen if they were extradited, and shortly after, the Medellín cartel organizations divide these small organizations, especially s Escobar, were then attacked by the Cali cartel by the army of the Colombian police, and soon by the US government and a violent war started as the leaders of the Medellin Cartel tried to protect themselves by fighting against the back.
In 1992, in exchange for the agreement Lehder testify against Manuel Noriega his sentence was reduced to a total of 55. Three years later, Lehder wrote a letter to a federal judge Jacksonville District, complaining that the government had denied an agreement to transfer in a German prison letter was interpreted as a threat against the judge.
Within weeks of sending this letter in the fall of 1995 Lehder was whisked away into the night, according to several protected witnesses in the Arizona Mesa unit While many of those who believe it could have been released, others disagree that citation needed Lehder brother Federico Guillermo Lehder, who operated on the periphery of the company, could have been mistaken for Carlos, causing reports to Carlos to be free and live abroad citation needed .
According to journalist and author Tamara Johnson, who worked on the Lehder defense during the period in question, Lehder was simply transferred to another prison and continued to stand in WITSEC Version US Bureau of Prisons Protection Program witnesses.
Johnson argued that Lehder was not published, despite Internet rumors to the contrary citation needed work Lehder Johnson, Cay Norman titled The True Story of Carlos Lehder and Medellin Cartel citation needed details why the author believes Lehder is never published allegedly Lehder would know secret information about the CIA and its involvement in the Iran-Contra affair.
LEHDER ongoing legal battles confirmed he remains imprisoned in the United States, it is unlikely to be released at any time from July 22, 2005, he appeared before the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to challenge its Lehder barely seemed arguing pro se that the United States breached its obligations under a cooperation agreement he had made with the Office of the US Attorney, having held up his end of the case against US Lehder-Rivas 136 Fed Appx 324; 2005.
In May 2007, he asked the Colombian Supreme Court to order the Colombian government to ask for his release in the United States because of violations of its cooperation agreement.
In May 2008, counsel for Lehder told El Tiempo that a habeas corpus petition was filed alleging that the Lehder cooperation agreement had been violated and that the Washington court had less than 30 days to respond to notice 17.
His lawyer Lehder was transferred to a minimum security prison in Florida is frequently visited by members of his family, and has access to television and a computer with only one email access An article published by Cronica Del Quindio in January 2015 indicated that Lehder can be released and extradited to Germany at any time.
On June 24, 2015 Lehder wrote a letter 18 to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos in which he requested mediation with the United States to be allowed to return to Colombia, however, Lehder has only 28 years his sentence of 55 years.
In the movie Blow 2001, Diego Delgado character played by the Spanish actor Jordi Mollà, the main character of cellmate George Jung in Danbury federal prison that has become a good friend of Jung, business partner and later his enemy juror, was based on Carlos Lehder.
In 2012 Caracol Televisión series Escobar, El Patrón del Mal Pablo Escobar The Boss of Evil, Lehder is portrayed as Marcos Herbert by the Colombian actor and singer Alejandro Martinez.
Manhunt kill or capture episode Investigation Discovery, British Rambo August 26, 2015, presents the history of the rise of Carlos Lehder and autumn 19.
In 2015 Netflix original Action drama on television miniseries Narcos 2015, following the drug Pablo Escobar kingpin and ruthless Medellin Cartel Lehder interpreted by Juan Riedinger.
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