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Not so fast: US against release of Colombian cocaine kingpin

by AP Legal Affairs Writer
| May 1, 2020 8:27 AM

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors oppose a bid for early prison release by former Medellin cocaine cartel kingpin Fabio Ochoa, contending that his request far underplays the vast amount of drugs he helped smuggle into the U.S. over two decades.

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