Edgar Valdez-Villareal, aka 'La Barbie', was captured by Mexican authorities after a fierce gunfight before being extradited to the US where he was sentenced to 49 years in prison. Edgar Valdez Villarreal | Military Wiki | Fandom Before his arrest by Mexican federal police in 2010, Valdez enjoyed a flashy, cartel lifestyle. "La Barbie" was finally captured by Mexican authorities in 2010, following an effort by then-Mexican President Felipe Calderon to crack down on organized crime. When is Edgar Valdez Villarreal's next birthday? Legal Statement. However, "La Barbie's" rise through the cartel was interrupted by infighting after the 2009 death of Arturo Beltrn-Leyva, who was killed in a gunfight with Mexican marines in Cuernavaca. [17], According to Mexican media reports, shortly after the death of cartel leader Arturo Beltrn Leyva on December 16, 2009, Valdez began to dispute the cartel's leadership and its territory; in 2010 one faction was led by Valdez and Gerardo Alvarez-Vasquez, while the other was led by Arturo's brother Hctor Beltrn Leyva and his lieutenant Sergio Villarreal Barragn. Valdez worked for several years as a Mexican cartel lieutenant alongside nephew Fernando Valdez, before rising to a leadership position in an enforcement squad called Los Negros. His fluency in English and Spanish, good looks and charismatic persona won him favor with drug lords, who gave him authority in their operations. In their investigation, police raided homes that he had rented, locating grenades, automatic weapons and police uniforms. "[25], In June 2010 Valdez was indicted in a US court on charges of trafficking thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico into the US between 2004-06. At 48 years old, Edgar Valdez Villarreal height not available right now. The birthday of Edgar Valdez Villarreal is on 11-Aug-1973. Mexican officials claim that Valdez introduced to the US about one ton of cocaine per month. Valdez, a Texas-born drug smuggler and leader in the Beltran Leyva Cartel, was captured Aug. 30 by Mexican authorities in a residential area near Mexico City. Both sides engaged in similarly gruesome tactics intended to warn off the other; over 150 deaths are allegedly linked to the dispute. Valdez worked for several years as a cartel lieutenant before rising to a leadership position in an enforcement squad called Los Negros. A US-made M4 assault rifle with a mounted M-203 grenade launcher who belonged to Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka 'La Barbie', of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, is shown to the press at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, on August 31, 2010.
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