Carlos Lehder, without a doubt, was one of the most feared and bloodthirsty drug traffickers that Colombia had in the 1980s. He was even one of the founders of the famous Medellín Cartel, along with Pablo Escobar, Griselda Blanco and Gonzalo Rodríguez. Gacha.
The Quindiano, in the same way, took advantage of the dialogue with this medium to tell some details related to the extinct FARC guerrilla and how it was also dedicated to drug trafficking, despite the fact that they denied it on repeated occasions.
“The FARC, which controlled the territories where I was hiding, He charged 10% of what one earned. There came a time when the people who produced coca paid them with coca base, so they began to sell the large quantities of coca base they had.“, he initially indicated.
Lehder pointed out that this armed group began to have its own laboratories, where it produced large tons of cocaine. Likewise, he recalled that a FARC commander was convicted in the United States for carrying several tons of cocaine.
“I spoke with Reyes and they decided to set up laboratories, for themselves to process their coca. A FARC commander pleaded guilty in federal court to having sent 16 tons of cocaine to the United States. “Those are irreversible facts,” she added.
Then he declared: “I once said that I preferred that they traffic drugs so that they would not kidnap more people, but they continued trafficking cocaine and kidnapping peoplewhich is one of the worst crimes that can exist in the world.”
The former drug trafficker also spoke about the episode of the takeover of the Palace of Justice and stood by his version, emphasizing that Pablo Escobar did not finance the M-19. In addition, he denied the former hitman of the Medellín Cartel, Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias ‘Popeye’, who had confirmed the participation of the criminal group in the incident.
Likewise, he mentioned President Gustavo Petro and assured that he won the elections because he is very “honest.” Lehder indicated that his victory was due to the fact that he was the candidate with the most political and legislative experience.
Carlos Lehder finally reiterated in this medium that neither he nor Pablo Escobar had any knowledge of what was going to happen on November 6, 1985, when the members of the M-19 entered the premises to take over the country’s highest justice institution.
