1. Jorge Luis Ochoa Vazquez was the son of Fabio Ochoa Restrepo whose family was in the cattle-breeding and family-restaurant businesses until they began trafficking with narcotics during the mid-1970s.
15 Facts About Jorge Ochoa
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Jorge Ochoa raised prized fighting bulls at his ranch, Los Lamos and collected Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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In 1976, Jorge Ochoa assumed leadership of what was basically an Jorge Ochoa family operation.
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On November 15,1984, Jorge Ochoa was arrested by Spanish police in Madrid, on a US warrant, and both the US and Colombia applied for his extradition.
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Jorge Ochoa was responsible for coordinating operations in the United States and Western Europe on behalf of the Medellin Cartel.
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Jorge Ochoa claimed he shipped an average of six metric tons of cocaine per month during the early 1980s.
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Jorge Ochoa had invested in major properties at Repelon, Atlantico Department, and Acandi in Uruba, Choco Department, from where drugs were shipped to the United States.
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Jorge Ochoa was part owner of the ill-fated Banco Ganadero where he was represented on the board of directors by Federico Molina.
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On July 14,1986, a Spanish court decided to extradite Jorge Ochoa to stand trial in Colombia.
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Once in Colombia, on 17 August 1986, and despite extradition requests from the US, Jorge Ochoa vanished after receiving a suspended sentence on charges of falsifying documents for importing fighting bulls from Spain.
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On November 21,1987, Jorge Ochoa was held in prison on the bull-smuggling charge for which he was extradited from Spain.
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On 30 December 1987, Jorge Ochoa was released from prison on a habeas corpus petition.
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Jorge Ochoa Luis surrendered to the Colombian police during January 1991.
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In July 1996, Jorge Ochoa Luis was released after serving a five-and-a-half year prison sentence for drug trafficking.
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Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez is portrayed by the Colombian actor Joavany Alvarez in the TV series Escobar, el patron del mal as the character of Pedro Motoa.