Carlos Lehderone of the founders of the Medellín cartelonce again referred to his past and his present during an interview with the podcast Beyond the silence.
In the conversation, the former drug trafficker assured that he no longer keeps his fortune that accumulated during the decades of greater power of the criminal organization and stated that currently lives in a rented house and derives its income from sale of an autobiographical book.
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas when he was captured. Photo:Private file.
What happened to Carlos Lehder’s fortune?
Since he regained his freedom and returned to Colombia, one of the doubts that has surrounded Lehder the most has been the destination of properties and assets that he built when he was part of the Medellin poster.
Faced with these questions, the former drug trafficker He assured that he lost all his assets as consequence of the decisions taken by the authorities. “I don’t own even a brick in my country… I live in a rented house“, he stated when describing his current situation.
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Lehder explained that most of his assets were represented in real estate and landso he rejected the versions that for years They pointed to the existence of hidden money. “There was no cove, absolutely not… my investments were mostly properties and they all took them from me,” he said.
In that same sense, he assured that nor did he resort to front men to protect their assets and pointed out that the authorities’ tools to track illicit resources make it practically impossible to keep a fortune obtained through drug trafficking.
He stated that he lives in a rented house and does not own assets in Colombia. Photo:yt/ La Liendra
This is how Carlos Lehder lives after regaining his freedom
Unlike the life he led during rise of the Medellín cartelLehder assured that today he maintains a lifestyle much simpler. According to him, his main source of income comes from marketing your book Life and death of the Medellín cartela work that he defined as his “literary testament.”
The former drug trafficker also reported that live alone and that has the accompanied by two friends who visit him occasionally and They help you in your daily life.
During the interview he recalled the 33 years who remained confined in prisions of the United States and explained that avoid referring to that stage using the word prison. “I even try not to mention the word jail or prison; I tell myself that I was on the dark planet,” he said.
He acknowledged that getting involved in drug trafficking was the biggest mistake of his life. Photo:@MigracionCol
The regret he expressed about drug trafficking
Another topic he addressed was the impact of the decisions he made during his youth. Lehder acknowledged that having involved in drug trafficking was a mistake that cost him much of his life and he assured that today he sees that episode from a completely different perspective.
“I regret that I didn’t have enough willpower to reject traffic offers; I accepted them and got involved“, he stated.
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Likewise, he rejected the idea that this activity represents a way to get an easy life and stated that the consequences They end up being devastating. “On the contrary… I was risking my life, my health, I was risking going to prison for life,” he said. warn about the risks of illicit business.
As part of that reflection, he sent a message to new generations so that they do not repeat their history. “May the new generation do not cross the bridges that I tell you that bridge is going to fall; cross the bridges fair, honest, upright“he concluded.
Andrés Felipe Bejarano Bejarano
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