He was convicted one month later of lying to a federal officer and possessing a fake passport and sentenced to the maximum term of six years in jail . While he was in jail , federal prosecutors claimed that he was a major player in the Medellín Cartel and was responsible for the bombing of Avianca Flight 203 on the orders of Pablo Escobar . On 27 November 1989 , the flight took off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá bound for Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali but exploded in mid air minutes after take off , killing all 101 passengers and 6 crew members . Although the bombing had occurred in Colombia , he was eligible to be tried by the United States as two passengers on the flight , Carlos Andres Escobí and Astrid del Pilar Gómez , were American citizens . Muñoz 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 lasted two months but was declared a mistrial after the jury were unable to reach verdict . In his second trial , he was convicted on all thirteen counts and sentenced to 10 life sentences plus 45 years , all to be served consecutively . He became the first person ever to be convicted under a 1956 Federal law that made bombing a civilian aircraft a crime and the 1986 terrorism statue that allows the trial of foreign citizens in the United States if at least one victim was an American citizen . Before sentencing , Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. commented " Not only are you an evil man , but the things you did , you enjoyed doing . " Johnson also stated his belief that Muñoz Mosquera was fortunate that the prosecution had not sought the death penalty as " these acts cry out for the death penalty . " Following his conviction , he became one of the first inmates housed at ADX Florence , a supermax prison in Colorado . He is currently incarcerated at United States Penitentiary , Lee , in Virginia
Avianca Flight 203
Avianca Flight 203
Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera