[1] Ochoa kept many ranches near Medellin, raised more than a thousand Paso Fino Horses and was a successful businessman.
[2] Because most of his wealth did not come from criminal activities, 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.
[3] In A True Story: Trafficking by Berkley Rice, he writes that Fabio, "smuggled television sets and Scotch before getting started in cocaine.
Jorge Luis Ochoa, was at one time considered the number two leader in the Medellin cartel: In 1996 he was arrested and given a five-year prison sentence in Colombia.
"[4] A 1989 picture of Fabio Ochoa Restrepo shows him signing his book which he planned to send to the Pope.