One of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported back home. Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence.

Colombian drug lord Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, formerly of the Medellin cartel, was released from a U.S. prison after serving 25 years.

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was one of the leaders of the cartel between 1987 and 1992. He was featured in Forbes' annual billionaire list

One of Colombia's infamous drug lords and a major figure in the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is set to be deported to Colombia. Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released on Tuesday after serving 25 years of his 30-year sentence.

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez and his brothers amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Ochoa was first indicted in the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1986 killing of Drug Enforcement Administration informant Barry Seal — whose life was popularized in in the 2017 film

Colombian drug lord Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, 67, was released from a U.S. prison on Tuesday after serving 25 years.

The cartel member who once ran distribution for one of Pablo Escobar's cocaine centres has recently been released from prison after serving just some of his 30 year sentence

Once considered one of the wealthiest drug cartels in the world, Medellín was co-founded by Pablo Escobar and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez's elder brothers, Jorge Ochoa Vásquez and Juan Ochoa Vásquez. Fabio Ochoa was accused of running a distribution centre in Miami for the cocaine cartel.