Edgar Valdez Villarreal, nicknamed La Barbie Vs Hector Beltran
Edgar Valdez Villarreal
Authorities say a U.S.-born hitman is fighting the brother of a deceased drug lord for control of the Beltran-Leyva cartel, marking what may be the first time an American has risen to the very top ranks of the Mexican Cartel.
Ramon Pequeno, head of the anti-narcotics division of Mexico's federal police, said Tuesday that Texas-born Edgar Valdez Villarreal, nicknamed "La Barbie," is battling Hector Beltran Leyva for control of the Beltran Leyva cartel.
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Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan
Mexican police have captured alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva, just two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops — back-to-back victories in President Felipe Calderon's drug war.
The Public Safety Department said in a statement Saturday night that Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, where he and several of his brothers were born and allegedly started their Drug Cartel.
A third brother, ...
Mexican police arrested two hit men for the drug cartel run by Arturo Beltran Leyva
Mexican police arrested two people allegedly tied to the murder of four relatives of a Mexican marine who died in a gun battle with a drug-gang boss and his bodyguards last week, a state official said.
Authorities from the southeastern state of Tabasco will offer more details on the arrests later today, said a spokeswoman for the state attorney general’s office, who can’t be identified because of government policy.
The people arrested are suspected of being hit men for the drug...
The Boss of Bosses – Mexico Navy Forces Kill Drug Lord Beltran Leyva
In this undated handout image from Mexico's Attorney General's Office, Arturo Beltran Leyva is seen. A Mexican navy official said alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout with sailors Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. The official says Beltran Leyva and three other suspected members of his cartel were killed in a shootout with sailors at an apartment complex in the city of Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City.
Beltran Levya, known as the "boss of bosses," was one of...
Army major Arturo Gonzalez : Passing information to drug traffickers for 100,000 Cash a month
MEXICO CITY - Mexico arrested a military officer suspected of passing information to drug traffickers as part of a government sweep to rout out corruption, the attorney general's office said in a statement on Friday.
Army major Arturo Gonzalez allegedly received $100,000 a month to pass information about army anti-narcotics plans to the Beltran Leyva drug Cartel, Mexican daily Reforma reported.
Gonzalez was picked up as part of "Operation Clean-up," which has netted several high-ranking po...
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