Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera

Dandeny "La Quica" Muñoz Mosquera (born August 25, 1965 in Medellín ) is a former alleged Colombian drug smuggler and contract killer of the Medellín cartel , as well as Pablo Escobar's chief executor.

His innocent-sounding nickname (Colombian slang: "fat girl") came from his great aunt in his childhood. A DEA agent, however, described him as the Al Capone in the circle of drug murders , as he is credited with the murder of around 40 police officers. He is currently being held in Lee Federal Prison.

Life

Early years

Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera was born on August 25, 1965 in Medellín to Lilia Mosquera and Fernando Antonio Muñoz.

He started working for Pablo Escobar as early as 1977 at the age of twelve and, over time, is believed to have worked his way to the head of the legions of murderers in Medellín. Later Dandeny had a daughter and a year later a son.

Muñoz Mosquera is said to have had a camp in Medellín where he trained poor young people to become professional sicarios .

Avianca Flight 203

On November 27, 1989, a Boeing 727-100 crashed on Avianca Flight 203 as a result of a bomb explosion near the Colombian city ​​of Soacha . It is certain that drug lord Pablo Escobar commissioned the attack. His goal was probably the murder of two informants who wanted to testify against the Medellín cartel and personal security were the Colombian police. The men were killed in the crash. There is also the thesis that Pablo Escobar wanted to assassinate the presidential candidate César Gaviria . But this was not on board. According to witnesses, the device was brought on board by Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera. At that time he was 23 years old.

DAS attack

On December 6, 1989, the DAS headquarters in Bogotá was attacked. A bus with 500 kg of explosives exploded directly in front of the building. 52 people were killed and around 1,000 injured in the attack. It is believed that the focus of the attack was the assassination of DAS director Miguel Maza Márquez . The Medellín cartel was held responsible for the attack and Muñoz Mosquera is also said to have played a key role in it.

Arrests and convictions

Muñoz Mosquera escaped from Colombian prisons twice. Once in 1988 when he was jailed for car theft and in April 1991 when he was jailed for armed robbery. The first time he was accompanied by his older brother Brance, who later became Escobar's chief of security.

On September 25, 1991, Muñoz Mosquera was arrested in the New York borough of Queens for traveling with a forged passport. While he was in jail, federal prosecutors alleged that he was a key player in the Medellin cartel and responsible for the bombing of Avianca Flight 203.

The Colombian government itself initially suspected that Gonzalo Rodríguez "El Mexicano" Gacha was behind the attack. An Escobar partner named Carlos Mario Alzate was later blamed for the bombing and confessed to the crime before Mosquera was brought to justice. Sebastián Marroquín , Pablo Escobar's son, later said the attack was carried out by Carlos Castaño . La Quica had prepared a short speech for the court: “I just want to say that God and the government know that I am innocent. Thank you very much and God bless you. "

On December 19, 1994, he was found guilty in Brooklyn by the federal district court on thirteen counts, including the murder of two US citizens on board the airliner, and sentenced to ten life imprisonment plus 45 additional years. The Attorney General of Colombia named Gustavo de Greiff Restrepo criticized the conviction of Muñoz Mosquera. Later, de Greiff was even said to be an "unindexed co-conspirator" of Escobar.

denial

To date, Mosquera denies involvement in both attacks, claiming the US government made an example of him without real evidence. He also denies that he was ever a member of the Sicarios, or one of their leaders. His older brother Brance "Tyson" Muñoz Mosquera, he said, actually worked for Escobar, but he himself was just a little motorcycle thief.

In the movie

• Muñoz Mosquera was portrayed in the first two seasons of the television series Narcos , produced by Netflix , by Diego Cataño .
• In the series Escobar, El Patrón Del Mal he was played by Manuel Viveros under the nickname "Kiko".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tagesanzeiger - Did Escobar's mistress really exist? - «Narcos» fact check
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Westwood - The Hit Man Nobody Knows
3. ^ New York Times - Drug Trafficker Convicted Of Blowing Up Jetliner
4. ↑ aero Telegraph - When the Narcos took a plane down from the sky
5. ↑ New York Times - COLOMBIA Cartels TIED TO BOMBING
6. ↑ Los Angeles Times - No. 1 Hit Man of Medellin Cartel Killed by Police
7. ↑ Watson - Netflix: Pablo Escobar's son finds 28 mistakes in Narcos
8. ^ New York Times - For Medellin Assassin, 10 Life Sentences
9. ↑ Manos Visibles - EL TALANTE DE NUESTRAS MANOS VISIBLES Manuel Francisco Viveros