Report 'La Barbie' arrested in Mexico, good news for Sinaloa

• BBC: "Mexican police have arrested top drug trafficker Edgar Valdez, a US citizen also known
• as Barbie, (for his blue eyes and fair complexion) Mexico's attorney general says. "...

Reuters: "(Edgar) Valdez was once close to top drug fugitive Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, head of the Sinaloa alliance based in northwest Mexico, after growing up selling marijuana in the United States and developing a taste for luxury cars, nightclubs and designer clothes....

"It's a good score for the government but it's

• also good news for the Sinaloa cartel," Mexican drug trade expert and columnist Jose Reveles said of Valdez's arrest....

U.S. authorities put a $2 million bounty on his head but Poire did not say if Valdez would be sent to the United States."...

• photo Mexican Federal Police via BBC

Tweet Stumbleupon StumbleUpon