Former drug trafficker Carlos Lehder Rivas He has remained cautiously silent since paying one of the highest sentences the U.S. justice system has ever handed down to a Colombian gangster: 30 years.
(We invite you to read: This is the pseudonym of Mechas, the supposed heir to the power and fortune of former boss Carlos Lehder.)
73 years old, He chose to go to Germany, where he pursued projects to chronicle his life as one of the leaders of the Medellín Cartel. partner of the bloodthirsty Pablo Escobar. However, the former gangster decided to talk about a case reported by EL TIEMPO.
Two weeks ago this newspaper Juan Diego Montoya Bernal aka MechasThe person police identified as the alleged person at the time Heir to part of Carlos Lehder’s mafia power.
In an exclusive interview, ‘Mechas’ assured that it was false that he was Lehder’s heir and that the properties associated with the forfeiture process were the product of inherited roads and connections through the Bahamas..
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‘Mechas’ admits he married cousin of one of Ledher’s daughters There was in Colombia; and both he and someone else His ex-wife’s relative was convicted of drug trafficking.
However, he denied any connection with the beings in the process of extinction and Lehder: “Signs fall in chronological order. They say I use Carlos Lehder’s routes because my ex-wife gave them to me. But I never met that Mr. Lehder. When I was arrested, I was 11-12 years old and my wife was 9 years old.”.
“My only involvement in this case was that I was married to Gustavo Herrera Zuleta’s daughter.. But I never had a business relationship; just family. But Gustavo confiscated almost 80 percent of the assets that appeared to be related to me. But these assets are not mine,” ‘Mechas’ told reporters from this newspaper.
After TIME ‘Lehder, who revealed Mechas’ statements, decided to talk about the issue in the letter he personally sent to the prosecutor’s office.
(Also: ‘I am not Euclides Torres’ attorney and do not have the authority attributed to me in the SIC.’)
“The claim that I was involved in drug trafficking with Juan Diego Montoya Bernal in the 1980s is completely false, because the man was born in 1972. So he was a child.“Confirms Lehder.
He also warns that his island in the Bahamas was confiscated in the 1980s, so it is impossible for ‘Mechas’ to take over his routes during his childhood.
In the letter, Lehder also stated that the case The prosecutor at the time, Ana Catalina Noguera, is now on trial for corruption.
Those close to the case told EL TIEMPO: A member of the Herrera family met Noguera when he was the manager of Extinción and told him the same thing that Lehder says now and that ‘Mechas told this newspaper.
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That’s why the old boss wants this file investigated.
The extinction process is in second place Example after the first decision was negative for the family of his ex-wife nicknamed ‘Mechas’‘.
(See all articles from EL TIEMPO Investigation Unit here)
The properties are in the hands of the Association of Private Entities (SAE) until the decision is made. The second example in which, in addition to Lehder’s letter, the declaration and indication of ‘Mechas’ only disclosed by EL TIEMPO can also be taken into account.
The properties affected by this case include everything from apartments of a prestigious hotel in Cartagena to a gym, a motel, several farmhouses and luxury cars.
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