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And still ahead on World News, how do you go from a high school star in Texas to a powerful chief of a Mexican drug cartel? The fugitive so glamorous매력적인, they’re calling him the Barbie. How did a Texas high school star become one of the most wanted men in the hemisphere accused of being behind some of the horrible epidemic of murders across the Mexican border? John Quinones has a cautionary tale경고성의 이야기 of the man they call the Barbie.

 

For some along the Rio Grande, Edgar Valdez is an American success story. A wealthy businessman from Laredo, Texas who’s hit the big time대성공을 거두다. Youtube videos pay tribute to him. Surrounded by millions of dollars, fancy cars, beautiful women and living the good life in Mexico. Thanks to his good looks, his high school football coach nicknamed him “La Barbie.” Some kids in Texas want to be just like him.

 

But authorities say la Barbie is involved in drug smuggling, money laundering and against rival gang members, murder. Police say you can hear La Barbie’s voice interrogating심문하다 these men just before they’re executed. And there’s more. Experts in Naco-terrorism마약-테러리즘 tell ABC News this 36-year-old modern day mobster is on the verge of becoming a top boss within a Mexican drug cartel. The first American to do so. “He is a kid you would do not expect coming from a nice family in upper middle class living the American dream.”

 

A high school football standout뛰어난 사람, quiet and well-mannered who started out, police say, by selling pot. But then he was lured by the big traffickers just a stone’s throw 아주 가까운 거리 across the border. “He knows both sides. He knows ways of operating so, that, he used that for his advantage” This homicide detective who wants to keep his identity secret says, once in the game, La Barbie had to do whatever it took to stay there. He became a hit man청부살인자 암살자. How many killings do you think he is responsible for?

 

In 2005 and 2006, the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico was their battlefield. The death toll nearly 200 murders a year. In Laredo, I paid a visit to La Barbie’s family. His sister is a law student. His brother a business man. His mother describes him as a good man, but she admits she hasn’t seen him in a very long time. “There’s never good outcome with a kid like this. He’s either going to be killed or captured by the Mexican military or federal police inside of Mexico. Or he’s going to die in a hail of bullets by a cartel rival.” And in the Mexican drug wars, that is the tragic and high price of crime. John Quinones, ABC News, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

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