MEXICO CITY - Mexican police Monday captured a Texas-born drug-kingpin suspect wanted by the United States and known for his unusual nickname - "La Barbie." Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 37, was ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexican police Monday captured a Texas-born drug-kingpin suspect wanted by the United States and known for his unusual nickname - "La Barbie." Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 37, was ...

Cartel hitman Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez-Villareal seemingly went missing from a Florida prison in November 2022 -- but now, a source said, he could be the key witness in a federal trial against ...

Texas-born fugitive Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La Barbie” because of his light eyes and complexion, stands during his presentation to the media in Mexico City.

Edgar Valdez Villarreal, 49, was serving a nearly 50-year prison sentence for drug trafficking when he seemingly disappeared from Bureau of Prisons custody.

A notorious Mexican drug lord has disappeared from the federal prison registry, and the Mexican government pressed for answers Wednesday. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La Barbie,” … ...

Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known by the alias “La Barbie,” is not in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as of Tuesday, according to the agency’s online catalog of inmates.

Edgar Valdez Villarreal, who is known as "La Barbie," was sentenced to prison until 2056 after he was convicted for his alleged links to the Sinaloa drug cartel as a hitman, El País reports.

Edgar Valdez Villarreal, nicknamed "La Barbie" for his fair complexion, was captured by Mexico and extradited to the U.S., where he was sentenced to 49 years in prison.

Mexican-American drug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias “La Barbie,” is “not currently in federal custody” in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told CNN.