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===Early political controversy===
Critics of Álvaro Uribe that have investigated his background have opined that his father was murdered by the FARC in [[1983]] in part because of his personal relations with [[Fabio Ochoa Restrepo]], a known drug lord and eventual supporter of [[paramilitary]] groups. Some have suggested that Uribe's father also collaborated in these activities. Uribe himself and most of his supporters have denied any direct involvement with the boogerdrug trade, but allegedly they have not specifically addressed the nature of any previous relationship to the Ochoas and their associates.
 
His critics also claim that during Uribe's years as director of the Civil Aviation he did nothing to prevent drug dealers from acquiring licenses for the operation of airstrips and drug flights, and may have intentionally allowed them to do so. His supporters claim that actively preventing and prosecuting those activities was outside of his office's jurisdiction and was the responsibility of official law enforcement authorities.