Our man in Mexico

Who is the the numero uno gangland killer in Mexico? As with most of the weapons and money (and the sales) used by Mexican narcotics exporters, it seems their enforcers come from north of the border, too.

The Dallas Morning News calls Laredo born U.S. citizen Edgar Valdez Villareal

… a lieutenant in the Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexican and U.S. authorities say, a ruthless point man in the group’s battle with the Gulf cartel for supremacy in Mexico’s illicit-drug trade.

They say he has been a key player in the bloody turf war being waged in Nuevo Laredo for control of the Interstate 35 smuggling route into the U.S., and the person most responsible for pushing the battle into central and southern Mexico, including Guerrero state and its tourist mecca, Acapulco.

“El Barbie” (he’s a blonde, blue-eyed pretty boy) is more than “a” lieutenant, according to the FBI and Mexican authorities. He’s

… el principal ejecutor de narcotraficantes y agentes policiacos que brindaban protección al llamado cártel de Sinaloa, comandado por Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán…

[… the chief killer of gangsters and police agents protecting the so called Sinaloa Cartel, commanded by Joaquín “Shorty” Guzmán]

Are the Texans being modest for a change… or just embarrased?