Carlos Lehder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Carlos Lehder

Colombian drug lord

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1949

Place of Birth: Armenia, Quindío Department, Colombia

Profession: drug trafficker

Nationality: Germany, Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (born September 7, 1949) is a former German-Colombian drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel.
He is currently imprisoned in the United States.
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 guerrilla movement, which, on November 19, 1981, attempted to kidnap him for a ransom; Lehder managed to escape from the kidnappers, though he was shot in the leg. He was one of the most important MAS and Medellin Cartel operators, and is considered to be one of the most important Colombian drug kingpins to have been successfully prosecuted in the United States. Additionally, Lehder founded "a neo-Nazi political party", the National Latin Movement, whose main function, police said, appeared to be to force Colombia to abrogate its extradition treaty with the United States."