Here’s some good news from Mexico. They got a big one…

Suspected drug lord captured in Mexico state

Mexico announced the capture Monday of one of its most wanted drug-trafficking suspects, a Texas-born figure accused of unleashing a wave of brutal slayings and a ruthless battle with rivals.

Edgar Valdez Villarreal, also known by the improbable nickname “La Barbie,” was seized by federal police agents Monday afternoon in the state of Mexico, the region that surrounds Mexico City, the Public Security Ministry said in a statement.

Mexican television showed a photograph of the newly captured Valdez, plumper than he was in earlier known pictures and surrounded by police officers, some with their guns drawn.

Valdez allegedly served as the top enforcer for Arturo Beltran Leyva, a major kingpin killed by Mexican troops in December. Since Beltran’s death, police say, Valdez has been locked in a vicious war with Beltran’s brother Hector for control of the cartel’s business.

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