30 Aug 2010

Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka 'La Barbie', Is Arrested Near Mexico City

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Federal authorities have charged alleged drug cartel leader Edgar Valdez-Villarreal -- known as "La Barbie" -- and five other defendants with trafficking thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico into the United States between 2004 and 2006, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court Friday.

Valdez-Villarreal, who remains at large, is alleged to be a top member of the Arturo Beltran-Leyva cocaine cartel.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/11/drug.ca...

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'Feds post $2 million reward for alleged cartel kingpin 'La Barbie'; CNN, June 11, 2010, edition.cnn.com.

Added Tue, Dec 21 2010 at 8:15PM UTC by

Colin Harris

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