Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office says the Sinaloa cartel is on its heels as it tries to retain vital smuggling routes into the U.S. along the Pacific Ocean in cities such as Tijuana ...

Notorious hitman Édgar Valdez Villarreal, alias La Barbie, who had split from the Beltrán Leyva Cartel after the capture of kingpin Arturo Beltrán Leyva, tried to create his own organization in Tepito ...

The DW report alleges López Obrador placed a thank you call to Edgar Valdez Villarreal — a U.S. citizen known as “La Barbie” who at the time led the Beltrán Leyva Organization — for ...

Edgar Valdez Villareal aka "La Barbie" (C) of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, is presented to the press at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, on August 31, 2010.

From his investigative work, Cañedo Zavaleta said he also recognized Beltrán Leyva and another Sinaloa member, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, nicknamed “La Barbie,” who was holding a long firearm.

More than a decade ago, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, a lieutenant to Mr. Beltrán Leyva known as La Barbie for his handsome looks, sent a letter to a newspaper in Mexico, accusing Mr. García Luna of ...

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

Genaro García Luna, a drug war insider facing charges of colluding with two major cartels, was in a position to collect dirt on officials.

Writing from prison, Édgar “La Barbie” Valdez Villareal, a drug kingpin from the Beltrán Leyva cartel, accused García Luna and his closest associates of receiving narco money since 2002.

Edgar Valdez Villareal, "La Barbie," center, of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, is presented to the press at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, on Aug. 31, 2010.

Notorious drug cartel boss La Barbie is reportedly not in the U.S. prison system's custody, forcing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to ask the country his whereabouts.

An infamous cartel leader and hitman who would decapitate his enemies has gone missing from a US prison where he was serving a 49-year sentence.