Federal police caught Edgar Valdez, a leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel based in central Mexico and considered one of the most bloodthirsty drug kingpins, in a residential area near Mexico City on Monday.
Valdez moved about a ton of cocaine a month, officials estimated.
Born in Laredo, Texas, the 37-year-old put up little resistance, a police spokesman said. Dubbed "The Barbie" because of his blond hair and blue eyes, he allegedly used brutal tactics to wipe out rivals as he fought to control the drug cartel in central Mexico.
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