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Martha Nieves Ochoa Vásquez Fabio Ochoa Restrepo (May 12, 1924 – February 18, 2002), also known as Don Fabio , was the patriarch of a major Colombian drug trafficking family. A renowned horse breeder and Paso Fino enthusiast, he died of kidney failure in 2002.
At the end of 1981 and the beginning of 1982, members of the Medellín Cartel, the Colombian military, the U.S.-based corporation Texas Petroleum, the Colombian legislature, small industrialists, and wealthy cattle ranchers came together in a series of meetings in Puerto Boyacá, and formed a paramilitary organization known as Muerte a Secuestradores ("Death to Kidnappers", MAS) to defend ...
Sinking of El Karina (1981) Kidnapping of Martha Nieves Ochoa (1981) Battle of Yarumales (1984) Battalion America (1986) Kidnapping of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado (1988) Kidnapping of politicians, industrialists and journalists; 48 Guerrilla takeovers of towns. Intervention of newspapers, radio and television. Attacks on Battalions and Embassies.
The Medellin cartel was formed following the kidnapping of Martha Nieves Ochoa Vasquez in 1981, by a collective of wealthy companies, cattle ranchers and former members of the Medellín cartel. It was named 'Muerte a Secuestradores (MAS),' meaning death to kidnappers' in English.
When the M-19 guerrilla kidnapped Martha Nieves Ochoa, the sister of fellow drug lord Jorge Luis Ochoa, the cartel decided to create what would be one of the first far-right paramilitary groups to fight the guerrillas, the "Muerte a Secuestradores" (MAS) [Death to Kidnappers] movement. Rodríguez Gacha became one of the main economic supporters ...
Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez (born 30 September 1950) is a Colombian former drug trafficker who was one of the founding members of the Medellín Cartel in the late 1970s. The cartel's key members were Pablo Escobar , Carlos Lehder , José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha , Gustavo Gaviria , Jorge Ochoa, and his brothers Juan David and Fabio .
The youngest of the three Ochoa brothers, Ochoa Vásquez lived in Miami, Florida during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was alleged to have handled thousands of pounds of cocaine. [1] He was indicted by the US government for the first time in 1984, and was allegedly involved in the February 19, 1986 murder of Barry Seal , an informant for the U ...
Born in Medellin, Muñoz Mosquera's father was a police officer and his mother an evangelist.He was raised in the church [clarification needed]. [2] He is believed to have joined the Medellín Cartel in 1978 at the age of twelve after being drawn into the gang by his brother Brance (also known as Tyson due to his resemblance to boxer Mike Tyson) before becoming a gunman in his teens.