The Ochoa brothers, Fabio, Jorge and Juan David, were important members of the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar. Their association dated from around 1975 after their former boss, Fabio Restrepo, was killed, presumably by Pablo himself. They were among the most powerful cocaine kingpins until the Medellín cartel was torn apart by government forces, their Cali cartel rivals, and U.S intelligence. All three turned themselves in after Colombian president Cesar Gaviria promised amnesty for any cartel members who gave up. Later on, when Pablo escaped from his La Catedral prison, the DEA tried to encourage them to give data on Medellín with little success. More recently, Fabio, according to Mexican authorities, still has nexus with some traffickers of a so-called "millennium cartel" (since it appeared in 2000) in that country, sending regular shipments of cocaine. The Medellín Cartel was a well-organized but very loose network of drug smugglers originating in the city of Medellín in Colombia and operating through the 1970s and 1980s. ... A WANTED poster of Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (January 12, 1949–December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug lord who became one of the richest men in the world by smuggling cocaine into the United States and countries around the world. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... The Cartel De Cali is a drug cartel based in the south part of Colombia, around the city of Cali. ... C sar Gaviria Trujillo (born March 31, 1947) is a Colombian politician. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also: Fabio Ochoa Restrepo