Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 49, was serving a nearly 50-year prison sentence for drug trafficking when he seemingly disappeared from Bureau of Prisons custody.
Mexican authorities have expressed concern after aThe drug kingpin, known as"La Barbie," was serving a nearly 50-year prison sentence in Florida for
However, unlike his siblings who went to college and started businesses, Villarreal chose a life as an outlaw and would Through connections made in Mexico, Villarreal met Arturo Beltrán-Leyva, a leader of the namesake cartel, who was associated with the Sinaloa Cartel and Joaquin Guzman-Loera, a.k.a"El Chapo." His fluency in English and Spanish, good looks and charismatic persona won him favor with drug lords, who gave him authority in their operations. Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez Villarreal is shown to the press during a news conference at the federal police center Aug.
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