On My Way

Diego Delgado

Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (born 7 September 1949) is a German Colombian former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel From German father and Colombian mother, he was the first high-level drug trafficker extradited to the United States, after he was released from prison in the United States after 33 years in 2020. Born in Armenia, Colombia, Lehder eventually ran a cocaine transport empire on Norman's Cay island, 210 miles (340 km) off the Florida coast in the central Bahamas.Lehder was one of the founding members of Muerte a Secuestradores ("MAS"), a paramilitary group whose focus was to retaliate against the kidnappings of cartel members and their families by the guerrillas. His motivation to join the MAS was to retaliate against the M-19 guerr… more »