Fabio Ochoa Restrepo

Fabio Ochoa Restrepo ("Don Fabio" 1923–2002) was a Paso Fino enthusiast, rancher, businessman, and patriarch of a notorious Colombian crime family associated with the Medellín drug cartel of Pablo Escobar. It is generally assumed that Ochoa himself was not linked to drug trafficking, although his sons are well-known for their involvement in the trade. Jorge Luis Ochoa, was at one time considered the number two leader in the Medellin cartel: In 1996 he was arrested from a five year prison sentence in Colombia. Fabio Ochoa Vázquez "Fabito" (b. 1957) was extradited to the United States in September 2001.

"In his autobiography, 'My life in the world of Horses,' published by a vanity press Mr Ochoa writes that 'Don Fabio is to Colombia's Horse world what Garcia Marquez is to Colombia's world of letters or what Fernando Botero is to Colombia's world of painting."^[1] A 1989 picture of Fabio Ochoa Restrepo shows him signing his book which he planned to send to the Pope.^[2]

He was the subject of a brief segment in Full Circle with Michael Palin.

He was portrayed in the 2006 documentary film Cocaine Cowboys, where the former Medellín Cartel associate Jon Roberts said of him: "As many people want to believe that Pablo Escobar was the king of cocaine, they can believe that, but the man that was really the king was Ochoa".

References

1. ^ Chia Journal; Where Did the Don Get His Fortune?, 1994 New York Times Article Link
2. ^ Page 164, of The War on Drugs: An International Encyclopedia By Ron Chepesiuk, Published by ABC-CLIO, 1999,ISBN 0874369851, 9780874369854

Bibliography

• Chepesiuk (1999). The War on Drugs: An International Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, Oxford, UK, and CA,US: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 0874369851, 9780874369854. http://books.google.com/books?id=V1rjd3cBI84C. 

Persondata
Name	Ochoa Restrepo, Fabio
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1923
Place of birth
Date of death	2002
Place of death