NEW YORK (Reuters) -The leader of a prominent Colombian criminal group who pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 years in prison by a judge in Brooklyn who ...

Pablo Escobar negotiated his own imprisonment to avoid extradition to the United States. Instead of a cell, he built La Catedral — a luxury complex with parties, bodyguards, and total control. There ...

A Colombian drug lord who ran a ruthless international cocaine peddling operation was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison on Tuesday — with the judge labeling him a dealer “more prolific than ...

The final 24 hours of Pablo Escobar. On December 2nd, 1993, the world’s most wanted criminal made one fatal mistake: a 5 minute and 47 second phone call to his son. That single conversation exposed ...

Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, a Medellin Cartel co-founder and former lieutenant to notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar, was deported to Colombia on Monday after serving a long US prison sentence. The Barron's ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - One of Colombia's most feared drug cartel assassins walked free on Tuesday after serving 22 years in jail for scores of murders ordered by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar during ...

NEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The leader of a prominent Colombian criminal group who pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 years in prison by a judge in Brooklyn ...