he was in jail, federal prosecutors claimed that he was a major player in the Medelln Cartel and

the bombing of Avianca Flight 203. Muoz Mosquera was charged with conspiracy to import
and distribute cocaine, substantive importation of cocaine, participating and conspiring to
participate in a racketeering enterprise, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, various
offenses relating to the bombing of a civilian airliner and the extraterritorial murder of two
citizens of the United States."

His first trial was declared a mistrial. In his second trial, he was convicted on all counts and
sentenced to 10 life sentences plus 45 years, all to be served consecutively. He is currently
incarcerated at United States Penitentiary, Lee, in Virginia.

Medelln Cartel

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria

Roberto de Jess Escobar Gaviria

Gustavo de Jess Gaviria Rivero

George Jung

Juan David Ochoa Vsquez

Griselda Blanco

Jos Gonzalo Rodrguez Gacha

Carlos Lehder Rivas

Jorge Luis Ochoa Vsquez

Fabio Ochoa Vsquez

Jos Abello Silva

Gilberto Molina

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While Mosquera was convicted of the Avianca bombing, his involvement in the bombing was
questioned by Colombian Attorney General Gustavo de Greiff, who sent a letter to Judge
Sterling Johnson before the final trial, stating: "I felt necessary to inform you...with the intention
to avoid the miscarriage of justice in the case you have in your hands. We have no evidence
linking Mr. Muoz Mosquera to that attack." De Greiff was accused by United States officials of
being involved financially in the cocaine trade.

The Colombian government initially suspected Gonzalo Rodrguez Gacha a.k.a. "The Mexican".
Carlos Maria Alzate had also been blamed for the bombing and had confessed to the crime
before Mosquera was put on trial.

Many witnesses testified in court about Mosquera's brutal acts as a high-ranking member of the
Medelln cartel. Many of those witnesses were convicted felons with links to the Medelln and
Cali Cartels. Mosquera claims that he did not recognize the prosecution's witnesses, and his
defense hinged on the insistence that he was a small-time thief and not even a sicario (contract
killer), let alone Escobar's chief assassin. He did not deny that his brother Brance, known as
"Tyson",

Dandeny Muoz Mosquera, also known as "La Quica" (Colombian slang for "the
fat girl")[1] was purported to be the chief assassin for the Medelln Cartel of
Colombia. He was responsible for the deaths of an unknown number of people
(estimates range in the hundreds), having supposedly murdered members of both
the Medelln Cartel and the rival Cali Cartel, as well as police officers and
government officials. Among his crimes is the 1989 bombing of Avianca Flight 203,
which killed 110 civilians. He is described as "the Al Capone of the drug-murder
circuit".

Arrest and subsequent legal actions[edit]

In 1991, Muoz Mosquera was arrested in Queens, New York for traveling with a fake passport.[2]
He was convicted and sentenced to six years in jail.

While he was in jail, federal prosecutors claimed that he was a major player in the Medelln
Cartel and the bombing of Avianca Flight 203. Muoz Mosquera was charged with conspiracy
to import and distribute cocaine, substantive importation of cocaine, participating and conspiring
to participate in a racketeering enterprise, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, various
offenses relating to the bombing of a civilian airliner and the extraterritorial murder of two
citizens of the United States."

His first trial was declared a mistrial. In his second trial, he was convicted on all counts and
sentenced to 10 life sentences plus 45 years, all to be served consecutively. He is currently
incarcerated at United States Penitentiary, Lee, in Virginia.

Medelln Cartel