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Originally Posted by Twoller
Exactly what use is it posting a news item in Spanish? Speak English.
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It was very usefull as a slap at your McCarthy-esque preoccupation with "Anchor babies", which is akin to Chairman Mao's "ten year leap forward" hunt for "reactionaries" and "capitalist running dogs".
I'll give the core info, and mix in content from an article in today's Press Enterprise (associated press). Give a little thought as to the national origin of individual writers.
It says that Edgar Valdez was born In Laredo Texas August 11, 1973 and rose to become one of the principle gunmen for Arturo Beltran Leyva.
Valdez has white skin, blond hair and blue eyes (PE says green eyes) (which is why he is called "La Barbie" I believe its a reference to the doll.) as well as an athletic body. He has a violent attitude.
Valdez attended United High School in Laredo and according to the San Antonio Express News he was practically a celebrity. His life took a turn in his senior year with an arrest on a lesser negligent homicide charge.
The Cartels have quite a few foot soldiers who were born in America, but the heights Valdez Villareal reached has no precedent.
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The PE article says that Valdez grew up in a middle class suburb popular with Border Patrol agents, police officers and fire fighters; his father was a nightclub and bar owner. Valdez is called "La Barbie" for his fair complexion and green eyes.
PE adds that that Valdez was a linebacker in high school and a small time street dealer as a teen. Valdez's first arrest at 19 was a criminally negligent homicide charge for allegedly running over a middle school counselor while speeding in Laredo. He wasn't indicted.
After that, he accumulated a minor rap sheet including DUI, public intoxication, and speeding. He was a small time drug dealer according to a former undercover cop.
Valdez left Texas to work for the Beltran Leyva Cartel,
living illegally in Mexico.
He rose quiclkly through the ranks, becoming in succession Arturo Beltran Leyva's top personal bodyguard and head of the cartel's Acapulco operations.
Valdez lived a life of luxury, owning expensive homes in Mexico City and a bar called Xxxotica in Acapulco.
After Mexican Marines killed Arturo Beltran Leyva, a vicious war broke out between Valdez and Hector Beltran Leyva.
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It seems that some of the content in the Associated press article was a rip off from a wikipedia entry, there are direct quotes without attribution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Valdez_Villarreal
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