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.

Colombian drug lord Fabio Ochoa has been deported back to Colombia after completing 25 years of a 30-year sentence in the United States. Ochoa, a key figure in the infamous Medellin cartel, arrived at Bogota's El Dorado airport,

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 man.