Reputed drug lord ‘La Barbie’ seized in Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Mexican police Monday captured a Texas-born drug-kingpin suspect wanted by the United States and known for his unusual nickname - “La Barbie.”
Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 37, was captured in the state of Mexico adjacent to the capital, the Foro and Milenio television networks reported.
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A federal indictment unsealed in Atlanta in June charged that Valdez Villarreal, a U.S. citizen, imported tons of cocaine by tractor-trailer across the border at Laredo, Texas, and into the eastern U.S. between 2004 and 2006.
“This is an extraordinary achievement,” Felipe Gonzalez, the head of Mexico’s Senate commission on public security, told Foro TV. “There was an air around this guy that he was untouchable, that he would never be caught.”
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