Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera

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Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera, a.k.a. "La Quica", was the chief assassin for the Medellín Cartel of Colombia.

He was responsible for the deaths of an unknown number of people although estimates range in the hundreds. He killed other members of the Medellín Cartel, members of the rival Cali Cartel, police officers and government officials. He was also responsible for the 1989 bombing of Avianca Flight 203, which killed 107 civilians.

In 1991, Muñoz Mosquera was arrested in Queens, New York for traveling with a fake passport. He was convicted and sentenced to six years in jail. While he was in jail, federal prosecutors found that he was a major player in the Medellín Cartel and the bombing of Avianca Flight 203. Muñoz 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. He is currently serving his sentence of 10 life sentences plus 45 years, all to be served consecutively, at ADX Florence, the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.