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