Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera
Former chief assassin for the now-defunct Medellín Cartel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera (born August 27, 1965), also known as "La Quica" (Colombian slang for "the fat girl", a childhood nickname),[1] is a former sicario for the Colombian Medellín Cartel, a prominent drug trafficking enterprise in Colombia in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was described at one point as the "chief assassin" for the Cartel's leader Pablo Escobar.
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Born | Dandenys Muñoz Mosquera (1965-08-27) August 27, 1965 (age 58) |
Nationality | Colombian |
Other names | La Quica[1] |
Occupation(s) | Cartel hitman and bodyguard |
Criminal status | Incarcerated |
Conviction(s) | Terrorism, murder, drug trafficking, forgery |
Criminal penalty | 10 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 45 years |
Date apprehended | September 25, 1991 |
Imprisoned at | USP Lee |
He was believed to be responsible for the deaths of an unknown number of people with official estimates ranging in the hundreds. US authorities currently link him to the deaths of more than 220 people, having supposedly murdered members of both his own organization the Medellín Cartel and the rival Cali Cartel, as well as police officers and government officials. Colombian authorities connect him to the deaths of more than 40 police officers.
Arrested in 1991, he is serving multiple life sentences in a US prison. He was the first person ever to be convicted under a 1956 Federal law that made bombing a civilian aircraft a crime and the 1986 terrorism statute that allows the trial of foreign citizens in the United States if at least one victim was an American citizen. Among his convicted crimes is the 1989 bombing of Avianca Flight 203, which killed 110 civilians.