Talk:Carlos Lehder

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[edit] Whereabouts

how come? carlos ledher is the father of my cousin and as far as i know, he still is in jail!!! i could not believe it when i read this today!

andres toro

bulltorouk@yahoo.com

I have removed the clai that he was released. I don't know where it came from. This guy seems like an interesting fellow, there is a lot of information on the net, I think this article should be expanded. Jimbo Wales 19:10, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC) a

hi Andres, if you are so aquainted to him could you please help us get pictures also?--F3rn4nd0 18:22, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] NPOV

Sentences like th3 one below are not NPOV. At several places, this article seems to make an argument instead of presenting fact neutrally.

The Lehder case illustrates how far the federal government's use of the witness protection program has moved from its original intent of protecting innocent victims or informants who testify against major crime figures Wolfman 18:21, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)


It says on George Jung's page that Ledher went into the witness protection scheme following a deal with Bill Clinton. This entry tells a different story. One of them is wrong.

There was an interview with Lehder in High Times magazine in the late 1990s in which it stated that he had been released and was living at an unspecified location in Florida. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.160.169.165 (talk) 09:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

It states that the deal was made in 1992 (mentions nothing about Clinton). Bill Clinton did not assume office until 1993, and the deal to testify against Noriega was made with Lehder in 1992--that would be under George H. Bush's Presidency. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.253.195.130 (talk) 05:18, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] expanded

added a load of stuff and rewrote the thing yesterday; i'll stick some external links in there and tidy it up and add s'more soon enough. also rewrote the george jung article and added a bit to the medellin cartel. i'm going to add a bunch more drug-war and drug-trade articles and have this link to 'em.

[edit] LEHEDER CAPTURE

In a last year released book writen by one of Pablo Escobar hit man, he claims that Carlos Leheder was delated by Pablo due Lehder killed one of Pablo's man.

[edit] BORN IN THE USA?

As long as is known he was born in Armenia, Colombia.


[edit] Disappeared?

Why is this article listed in the Category for disappeared? the article is somehow contridicting itself.--F3rn4nd0 17:58, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] End of page?

The end of the page seems to be clipped off... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 156.98.234.158 (talk) 20:16, 13 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Did Lehder actually build the airstrip/runway at Norman's Cay?

The article says that he built the runway - "...Lehder built a 3,300-foot runway protected by radar..." but the cited source is actually almost contradictory. It first says, "...Lehder arrived there in 1978 and started buying up large pieces of property, including a home for himself, a hotel and an airstrip..."; the implication being that the airstrip was already there. However, the source does later say that Lehder built the 3,300-foot runway.

I suspect, therefore, that Lehder extended the existing runway to enable larger planes to land but I can find no source that confirms this.

A quick survey of a satellite map of the island does not show what appear to be any other earlier runways. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.130.27 (talk) 22:52, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Other sources say that Norman's Cay was chosen by Lehder partly precisely because it already had a runway.

According to the book "Blow" the airstrip was already there but that Carlos had it extended and built several airplane hangers after purchasing the runway —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.101.95.64 (talk) 00:15, 7 February 2008 (UTC)