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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.
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.
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 ...
This notorious Ochoa crime family's role in the Colombian drug trade, depicted in Netflix's 'Griselda,' has also been explored in 'Narcos.'
Fabio Ochoa Vasquez completed his prison sentence in the US and returned home a free man.
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.
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 ...
The Martha Escutia Primary Center, an elementary school in Bell, was closed Monday morning because of an homicide investigation outside the campus, a Los Angeles Unified spokesperson said.