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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

"La Barbie" is ready to change plea to guilty in U.S. court

by Lucio R. Borderland Beat


The Houston Chron is reporting that Texan native, Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka “La Barbie”, will be filing a “change of plea” in Atlanta U.S. District court.

The so-called “American born narco” will plead guilty to charges stemming from a 2008 indictment. (see indictment below)

The Laredo Texas born and raised Valdez, gain notoriety not only for his rise within a cartel (BLO) and eventual leadership of a cartel, but for his exceptional brutal executions.  

In 2010 a Contralinea report was released claiming Valdez had been a witness and collaborative for Mexican authorities beginning in 2008.  The reports revealed that Valdez was informing the government of the movement of his boss and close colleagues in the BLO and Sinaloa cartels. Read full article here 

According to the information made available by Contralinea ,the collaboration between the narco trafficker and the authorities of the Secretary of National Defense occurred to establish geography and locations of his bosses in the Beltran Leyva and Sinaloa cartels. Supposedly under torture, Valdez Villarreal had given names and methods of operations for protection rackets and hidden caches of weapons and money. The data from these sessions were used by the government of the Felipe Calderon to arrest and kill several high value targets.

This lends itself to the theory that it was Valdez who betrayed his boss Arturo Beltran Leyva, by giving information of his location that led to his death in December 2009 in a shootout with the Mexican military.  And clears the mystery of exactly how Valdez was able to pull off the Houdini act and survived unscathed not once but twice in military operations that month to capture  Beltran Leyva.


Valdez himself was arrested under unusual circumstances; reports indicated he and his attorneys negotiated to turn Valez over to authorities in exchange of assurances for his protection, safety and protection from certain prosecutions.

He was “arrested” without incident.


He since the arrest, fought against extradition to the U.S., and was successful until September, 2015.  It is thought that his high powered attorney Kent Schaffer of Houston Texas, used this time negotiating a plea deal.  That assumption is fortified with this prompt guilty plea, coming only three months after extradition and after five years behind bars.  

Below is a letter Valdez wrote to the public and sent to Reforma denying he was a state witness and gave information of collusion of top federal officials.

Sent to Reforma in 2012

"First I would like to express that I was not eligible for the witness protection program. Likewise, I categorically deny the accusations and declarations that are related by the apprehending elements regarding my detention, and the the truth of the matter is as follows:

 My detention was the result of a political persecution on the part of C. Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, who set up a harassment against my person for the reason that the undersigned [La Barbie] refused to be a part of the agreement that Mr. Calderon Hinojosa desired to have with all the organized crime groups for which he personally held numerous meetings in order to have talks with organized crime.

 Subsequently, different meetings were carried out through General Mario Arturo Chaparro who met under the orders of the President and Juan Camilo Mouriño, with two of the bosses from La Familia Michoacana. Subsequently, the general had an interview in Matamoros with Heriberto Lazcano and Arturo Beltran Leyva, "El Barbas", and also with "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Calderon wanted the meeting with all the cartels: The Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, with me, the Juarez Cartel, with Vicente, Mayo and Chapo. A situation for which there was no answer on my part and I did not want to have connections with anyone form the criminal organizations [and] a quick persecution began against my person, to the degree of having my various homes searched without a legal warrant for it and during which they stole money, jewelry, cars and other belongings from me.

 Genero Garcia Luna, head of the federal SSP, who from at least 2002, first in the AFI and then in the PFP, it was evident that he had received money from me, from drug trafficking and organized crime, the same that a select group made up of Armando Espinosa de Benito who was working with the DEA and passing me information, Luis Cardenas Palomino, Edgar Eusebio Millan Gomez, Fransisco Javier Garza Palacios (Colombian Federal Police), Igor Labastida Calderon, Facundo Rosas Rosas, Ramon Eduardo Pequeno Garcia, and Gerado Garay Cadena who also formed a group that took money from organized crime and from me.

 Among others, they were charged with "stopping me in some operation" when in reality they had orders to kill me, so much so that at the moment of my arrest, which came out in the mass media, when they found me alone at home. They said that on that day there were no gunshots reported but the truth is that there was.

A federal cop who was the same that brought me to this place and who actually found me, urged me to run so that he could shoot me and that he could say that he repelled an attack an had killed me as they did with ARON ARTURO GINES BECERRIL who they killed in the vicinity of the Perisur Mall, and who had most of his bullet wounds in the back on the same day of my arrest. Everything was covered up by the Federal Police.

 It is worth making mention that despite the background of Genero Garcia Luna, which are found in many criminal proceedings of which the American government already has knowledge, that even formed part of the themes touched upon in the Merida Initiative, and to which I already had access in the most recent testimony of the collaborating witness, "Mateo" (Sergio Villarreal); the President Felipe Calderon argues against the charges against [Genero Garcia Luna].

It is worth noting that the Federal Police, no matter how many detentions they conduct, they never seize anything, everything gets lost -e.g. money, jewelry, vehicles, drugs.- yet it should also be mentioned that the Mexican military and the Navy Secretariat are the most  honest, because when they detain someone, they turn them over to the corresponding authorities with whatever evidence they had at the time of their detention."

 I might have done that which has been done, but they, the public servants that I have mentioned are also a part of the criminal structure of this country."

Signed,
Edgar Valdez-Villareal


73 comments:

  1. He seems like an honest guy he was blowing the heads off Zetas till BLO pacted with them then he went independent .

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    1. He didnt kill zetas just the relatives of zetas thats why they killed his brother and ran his family out of both laredos

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    2. Make no mistake the zetas where kicking this guys and his bosses asses.this guy is nothing but a weak ass punk and a traitoro.only good thing is that his talking about the Mexican government dealings with narcos.wich is something we suspect but it's nice to hear from the ones that actually knows.

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    1. 3:31 snitching on all the mexican PFP and SSP and the AFI, is nothing short of heroic, but the US may not like it, because they have so many US corrupt government agents and bigwigs that genaro garcia luna may snitch on..."general" mario arturo acosta chaparro was murdered on the street like a dog, and I was HAPPY for that see it on youtube
      --good luck to la barbie, and don't forget, peña nieto and garcia luna ended up owning arturo beltran leyva's edo-mex airport in toluca, with all the drug trafficking it handled...

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  3. Hes lucky he didn't get knocked off in jail from that letter to Reforma implicating collusion with cartels and government.Coming from an American its more likely I think to be believed by Americans as its not as prevalent in US as Mexico.I know the US likes to prop up corrupt regimes regardless of how they treat their people ie.Central America,Afghanistan,Iraq etc.Maybe corrupt regimes are just puppets for US and easier to deal with.Believe me US knows a lot more of the corruption in Mexico than we do but Merida Initiative keeps on rolling[maybe that is Mexicos corruption gift from US].

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    1. Merida Initiative keeps on rolling[maybe that is Mexicos corruption gift from US].

      What are you talking about ? The Mérida initiative is in the form of training and equipment how can that be a corruption gift?

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    2. o I thought there was more than training and vehicles involved but the guns end up in the narcos hands.

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  4. This just proves EVERYONE will rat 2 avoid death or lengthy prison sentences. Or 2 further their criminal enterprise. - El Soldado Perdido

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  5. I just received notified of friends Mother being kidnapped in Mexico. They are requesting a 40K ransom. Can anyone make a suggestion that could help?

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    1. and then pay....

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    2. What part of Mexico?

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    3. Dont pay there gonna wack her any ways if they receive the money or not its for done son

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    4. and keep praying

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    5. Pay with RFID CHIPS ALL OVER THE RANSOM...

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    6. This is not a joke.only thing u can do is try to pay or get a as much to the sum possible and hope she is let loose with her life.Good luck to ur friend.

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  6. he must of gotten a great plea deal,,, something besides whats going to show public

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  7. Smart man. In the meantime the zambadas are about to snitch on Los Beltran leyva so they can be released sooner. Both el Rey zambada y el Vicente are in witness protection.. Hahaha pero ya saben ke eso son Los chinolas .. Matones pero ratones hahaha. Saludo pal LA barbie y el de bamoa, sin.. Atte: el wiggles de Los antraxs .

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    1. how is he a smart man ? because he snitched? if hd was smart he would have hone to the meeting with Calderon and he would probably be running shit right now. he was just scared and went into hiding, more like a coward if you ask me.

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    2. 11:46, el tisico was no coward, and went to the meeting...
      same as "el pollo" who went to party with his friends el americano and el "comandante 5 hindú" and ended roasted at the grill or arturo beltran and the other courageous poople that went to party with calderon, all gone like sheep...

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    3. El tisico was no coward.he wasn't too smart either.so he's dead.

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  8. This guy is a fuckin$ rat

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  9. probably getting 25 years in the can of sardines. Closed deal like osiel cardenas and benjamin.what about el coss?when is guero palma getting out?isnt mochomo going to trial soon?sorry for the ?s.feedback please.

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    1. El guero should be released this year. lets hope he doesnt get same fate as javier torres.

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  10. And they say the gov are the cartel puppets ?hahaha looks to me like he was the puppet just the way the Americans use Mexicans the Mexican used an American CHAPOS DAYS ARE COUNTED??who many believe that story

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    1. goverment are above any capo, no one is above it. and chapo will still be free, you wont see him for a long time. and theres nothing barbie could do, as soon as someone is capture they chang ephones and offices.

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  11. How does that work Barbie?? You open with "I am not a snitch" and then you proceed to snitch on a shitload of people... What gives?? Dude mad cuz he got busted.

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    1. 8:50 corrupt government officers who also betray their workers and each other are not people, they are corrupt sacks of dog shit, we need more witnesses of their corruption to come out.

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  12. Christian Lopez PalafoxJanuary 5, 2016 at 9:26 PM

    This should be enough to spark a revolution, but it is rather inconvenient for the US to have its neighbor involved in a civil war. It seems the only way to create a real change is through death, Mireles knew this by combatting the templarios, the libyans knew this by toppling Gaddafi. But the mexican society are ruled by the criminals and oppressed by the government, the former president was blatantly in bed with the narcos but what about EPN? He gave you flatscreen tv's so he's honest. By making a change you need to go through their brainwashed goons, but do mexicans really have the heart and bravery to confront the military and assasinate its corrupt leaders like the arabs do?

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    1. The libyan's didnt do nothing but made it worst for themselves. The usa government killed Gaddafi remember that.

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    2. Gaddafi was going to give free health care and all sort of things to his people.
      Then PMC came infiltrated civil groups started a smear campaign and lastly Gaddafi was killed. Not all powerful men are evil doers but satan is the head of evil and if you aren't evil enough you are useless to him and we all know that on Earth he is the one calling the shots. This is why the lesser of two evils never wins not evil enough.

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    3. Palafox, what a farrago of a paragraph.

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    4. The libyan people under khadaffi had the highest level of quality of living of all the Arab countries, khadaffi also had 4p billion dollars in the banks that the banks refuse to return to the libyans, US greed created the Arab spring for them and england to steal it all and some biiig gold deposits, and fack the libyans, that they have become international pariahs or refugees is their problem...

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    5. shut your mouth palafox you and morronis allways write stupidities. never any facts. go read a book and take morronis!

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    6. Former president? Current president received millions from Tamaulipas governor Eugenio Hernandez who has been indicted in USA for washing 10 million. No extradition order. Why not? Follow the money it goes to the top. Does the us government Really want the truth revealed? Do they Really want a former governor singing? El Coyote (no pasa nada en tamaulipas) Solo la verde Para el PRI y viejos rogando comida en Cd. Victoria en cada rincon.

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  13. It's interesting to read on guys like this my opinion is this guy could have been bigger than all cartels if he played it smart I don't know him personally nor do I think it's easy to run a cartel but this guy could have made his own cartel CIDA even bigger from what I have read on him he crossed a lot of ppl he should have kept happy he was American born I'm sure he would have thrived way more than the non English speaking capos just a idea. It's mind boggling to me how 1 can be so high up 1 day and the next in a cell I like to read on the cartels that operate in other countries vs USA because I rarely hear about Europe going to Mexico to extradite Mexican drug lords I'm sure it's more of a hassle to get product over but if I'm not mistaken that's what CJNG was doing hats off to them for thinking out side the box. I'm not a drug lord cheerleader I just think how bold it is for some one to take the easy way out because it usually takes a lot of balls and brains to succeed if it was all about winning I'm sure 90% if not more ppl would do it that game has its risks and not every one is made for it just like not every one can work a 9-5 job.



    My 2 cents don't mean to offend any one

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    1. You didn't, just get off barbie's balls ya guey

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    2. 12:02 Better to be on barbie's balls than on everybody else's.

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    3. The reason I said don't mean to offend any one Mr 12:02am is because ppl like u its hilarious to me that this is site has nothing to do with any parts of the human genitalia and you my good sir are one of the many who love to speak on the male genitals me being a man that loves all types of women only speak of women's lovely lady parts I understand most ppl speak of what they are fond of and that makes perfect sense so please do not let me stop u from your loving of men and their balls..... enjoy them as I love my women and a good reading on narcos from this site

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    4. It is life güeyes, some die, some make deals, others have no need for any of it, and they get help from people that refuse to go and post "incendiary comments"

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    5. The deal of la barbie, kind of reflects the deal of his grampas el gitano valdez, who was persecuted by secretary of defense Lazaro Cardenas for murdering sinaloa governor general Rodolfo Tostado Loaeza, a murder contracted by another mexican army general pablo macias valenzuela who got to be the new gobernador, cardenas and el gitano made a deal and el gitano was free to move and have himself a grandson, "la barbie", who also will walk...free...soon...for his silence...snitch and everything...

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  14. Barbie, el infierno te espera.

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    1. 10:04 pero hasta que me muera...
      atentamente: La Barbie

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    2. 7:42am Obvio, por eso se dice "te espera". Menso.

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    3. 7:06 obviously, mientras, "aaay que miedo" edith, me voy a morir del miedo, pero no hoy

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  15. life without parole. he saved himself from supermax and/or death row someone will gut this pig. he is getting life without parole

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  16. poor barbie, he is done for. He even snitched on the president of Mexico lol wow even if he gets out early he will not live long. I'm sure the U.S already knew that information from chapo, he's their number one informant but to put that information publicly for the world to see is something else. You know now America is watching, a U.S citizen/drug lord...... real spit

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  17. The New Yorker magazine had a great article on him in October.He wanted to cross 5 million into USA and have his cousin charges dropped.The dea higher ups said no,then he went to fbi.they took some information.Now he is worthless because all the people he ratted out are either in jail or dead.He pleaded guilty as well because there is video of him killing people.Also they are making on movie on himself called American druglord.He will get 40 plus years,not worth it at all.

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    1. Highly doubtful as for the video, that is also BS, only his voice heard, or someone sounding similar.

      and lastly, he cannot be tried in the U.S. for murders in Mexico.

      BB had an article about the movie a few months ago

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    2. Who pleads guilty for life in prison?
      --manuel noriega of panama was only arrested and imprisoned for working too much $$$ for himself, a no no, that put all his american partners in danger...
      la barbie pleads for 10 max,

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    3. 12:24, You are correct.

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    4. 10:39pm more than you imagine.

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    5. 4:22 NASA quit travels to the moon, because the US government has a 'moon' full of shit, and their corporate welfare queens needed their money and contracts right here on earth...among them the war on drugs that never happened, but made them trillions of dollars, I am not taking no "more than 5 kilos of shit" deals, let's paint the whole shit all over the US, some people will be tainted forever in the public eye

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    6. 12:27pm Boring.

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  18. I don't get what proof is there that any one moves drugs from Mexico to USA. The people caught are smugglers not capos. What actual proof is there ? Like hardcore evidence of a crime committed, all they say is conspiracy to import X substance.
    It's a conspiracy unless it can be proven then it's admissible in court. I hope the jury is full of people that understand this. Yea drugs are bad but at the same time the CIA/DEA used drug funding during the IRAN-CONTRA . The DEA/CIA introduced cheap freebase cocaine known as crack to us via FREEWAY Ricky Ross (not that stupid fat greasy moneky on TV). Ricky Ross had no idea he was being used for the CIA/DEA agenda during the 80-90s. Ross stop selling when he found out and he was subsequently "apprehended" and given a lengthy sentence. While his family did eat very well from his business all of them feel vexed about how the CIA.DEA handled him, and yes I do believe be "snitched". On the American side that has been the norm is the Italian mafia was dismantled due to informants.

    Seems like the DEA-CIA are hippocrates right?

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    1. 9:09 Iproquitas, hypocrites, hipocritas...eso como quiera...
      --what really sucks is THE CRIMINAL part, and that is the whole cake...

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  19. What about jenny Rivera?

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    1. yeah what about her lol

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    2. She had that biiig fat ass, Jenny Rivera, but her murder in an airplane accident will be just that, since the murder of carlos madrazo, a politician or the murder of the brother in law of Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, for the televisa inheritance, and the disappearance of emilio's brother wanted for drug trafficking on the US,, and juan camilo mouriño for being a spaniard asshole passing for mexican...
      --no aviation accident involving famous people in mexico is anything but "an accident"...
      --I am praying for a 750 million dollar airplane accident in mexico, maybe someone qualified issues a "fatwa"

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  20. looks like he dropped a few pounds!

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    1. looks like he droped a few dimes!

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  21. Just read the new plea as reported by--Vice.

    Why did the author state--so emphatically--first USA citizen Drug Lord. Really--far from a drug lord.

    Surprised Vice is into mass media hype.

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  22. Word.snitches get stitches.let street justice prevail!

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  23. Why so much hate now!? You all loved to follow his adventures when he was being chased by the authorities. You even went to the stores and spent your money on a shirt with a man playing polo on the front just because he wore it! Remember? That used to be your favorite shirt. Now you say he's a snitch when you know 99% of narcos are snitches. Just shut up.

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  24. Barbie didn't plead for nothing...he getting a deal...I say 30.. with minus wat he's done. .22-25yrs with plenty of money still..

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  25. He should have never jumped cartels once he went to cds got used then thrown to the wolfs

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  26. 12:35 Aay güey, pos que te hizo la barbie?
    --ya sé, vas a decir "que no me hizo, y ya no me lo hizo", asi son todas..

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  27. Still got the cocky arrogant look on his face though. Could he be a sociapath?

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  28. this is a huge mistake sending these hi-powered crime bosses to the US. As the saying goes "if you control the inside, you will control the outside". the next 25 years will be a boon for Mexican organized crime especially since Chapo got caught. his power will grow exponentially once he gets to the US

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