Mexico drug kingpin says he received trailers of US cash

AFP
Thursday, September 2, 2010

A captured Mexican drug kingpin admitted to “investments” in Colombia and said he had received trailers full of dollars from the United States, in a first interrogation video released here.

US-born Edgar Valdez, alias “the Barbie” for his fair complexion, was captured this week, in a major coup for the Mexican government as it struggles to contain raging drug violence.

Valdez, 37, was a key lieutenant of Arturo Beltran-Leyva, who headed the Beltran-Leyva cartel and was Mexico’s third most wanted man until his December 2009 death in a military operation.

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The broad-faced drug trafficker wiped sweat off his face as he replied to questions from a female voice in images released by the attorney general’s office late Tuesday.

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He said his networks extended to Colombia and he received payments from the United States in dollars hidden in vehicle trailers.

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This article was posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 4:18 am

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