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Tag: Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff

  • Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:08 UTC

    Argentina: Colombian drug lord returns home pending legal proceedings

    Despite his ban from re-entering Argentine territory, Álvarez Meyendorff arrived at Ezeiza on Avianca's Flight 87 on Dec. 23 from Bogotá

    Colombian drug lord Ignacio Álvarez Meyendorff, who spent several days at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport finally decided not to wait for the Argentine's Judiciary decision regarding his rejection by Migration authorities and flew back to his native country, it was reported Wednesday.

  • Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:41 UTC

    Convicted Colombian drug lord waiting for clearance to enter Argentina

    Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff is banned from the Argentine territory but claims it is a humanitarian issue due to his diabetes

    A Colombian drug lord was denied entry into Argentina, where he was seeking to avoid deportation. Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff, 62, arrived at the Ezeiza airport on Avianca's Flight 87 on Dec. 23 from Bogotá but the alarms went off the minute his name was punched into the migrations screens. He has remained at the airport since. He has a wife and four children in Buenos Aires. He