A Texas-born fugitive known as "the Barbie" grinned Tuesday as police paraded him in handcuffs and described his alleged life of luxury and savagery - cut short when he became the third suspected drug ...

Imprisoned cartel leader Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias “La Barbie,” has accused Mexico‘s former president and public security secretary of corruption, though the capo’s claims are undermined by the ...

"La Barbie" terrorizes border towns, resulting in hundreds of deaths. May 19, 2010— -- For some along the Texas-Mexico border, Edgar Valdez-Villareal is an American success story.

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Edgar Valdez Villarreal, “La Barbie,” a suspected major drug lord, was detained Aug. 30 near Mexico City. This alleged leader of a bloody cartel, born in Laredo and named after the famous Mattel toy, ...

Armie Hammer has secured rights to the life story of drug cartel leader Edgar “La Barbie” Valdez-Villarreal, TheWrap has learned. Valdez-Villarreal was a Texas high school football star-turned-drug ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The headlines in Mexican newspapers this week -- ‘What’s La Barbie ...

Prosecutors from Atlanta to Mexico City want a crack at the light-haired, green-eyed Texan who reputedly climbed the ranks of a major Mexican drug cartel and directed soldiers in an endless drug war ...

Edgar Valdez Villareal, the American drug trafficker nicknamed "La Barbie" who worked with a major Mexican cartel and reportedly also with Memphis kingpin Craig Petties, has been sentenced to 49 years ...