Edgar valdez villarreal biography for kids
Edgar valdez villarreal biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Edgar Valdez Villarreal
Mexican-American drug lord
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdez and the second or maternal family name is Villarreal.
Edgar Valdez Villarreal (born August 11, 1973), also known as La Barbie ("The Barbie"), is a Mexican-American former drug lord and high-ranking lieutenant of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel.
Valdez is serving a 49-year prison sentence at USP Coleman II in Florida.
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.[3][4] Following the death of cartel boss Arturo Beltrán Leyva in late 2009, Valdez fought a protracted gang war for control of the cartel resulting in over 150 deaths.
He employed techniques such as videotaped torture and decapitation.[5][6]
On August 30, 2010, he was arrested by Mexican Federal Police at a rural house near M