Pablo Escobar’s crime partner and one of Colombia’s pioneering “cocaine cowboys” has been released after a long prison sentence in the U.S. and been deported to Germany, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Pablo Escobar's crime partner and one of Colombia's pioneering “cocaine cowboys” has been released after a long prison sentence in the U.S. and been deported to Germany, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Carlos Lehder, a former leader of the Medellín Cartel and close ally of Pablo Escobar, was released in Colombia after a local judge ruled that his sentences are no longer enforceable. The 75-year-old ...

MIAMI — A notorious Colombian drug lord is now a free man. Carlos Lehder is one of the original "cocaine cowboys" and Pablo Escobar's crime partner, according to CBS Miami. Lehder's lawyer says he ...

A man known as one of the “cocaine cowboys” who helped lead Colombia’s infamous Medellin drug cartel alongside Pablo Escobar has been released from a U.S. prison and deported to Germany. Carlos Lehder ...

Colombian authorities released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder on Monday after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old had expired. Lehder, ...

FILE - This undated photo shows Carlos Lehder in Colombia. Lehder was one of the leaders of the Medellin cartel that dominated the global cocaine trade in the 1980s. (AP Photo/File) BOGOTÁ, Colombia ...

FILE - This undated photo shows Pablo Escobar’s crime partner and one of Colombia’s pioneering “cocaine cowboys” Carlos Lehder. A lawyer for Lehder says his client left on a flight for his new home in ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombian authorities released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder on Monday after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old ...