Mexican Police Catch Suspected Trafficker ‘La Barbie’
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Mexican police said they captured one of the country’s most wanted criminals, a Texas-born drug trafficker known as “La Barbie” for his blonde hair and fair complexion.
Edgar Valdez Villareal, a leader of the Beltran Leyva Cartel, was captured today after a yearlong investigation, the Attorney General’s Office said in an e-mailed statement. U.S. authorities had offered a $2 million reward for his arrest.