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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 765035" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U02520100831" target="_blank">Mexicans hope &quot;La Barbie&quot; arrest may be turning point</a>&nbsp;Edgar &quot;La Barbie&quot; Valdez, a Texas-born 37-year-old, held back a smile as he was led handcuffed by masked federal police before reporters, flanked by fellow suspects, sophisticated weaponry and plastic packages of drugs.Wearing a green polo shirt, jeans and sneakers, Valdez, nicknamed &quot;La Barbie&quot; for his fair complexion, grinned openly as authorities discussed his capture outside of <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a> City on Monday evening.&quot;He has been detained, and this operation closes a chapter in drug trafficking in Mexico,&quot; senior federal police official Facundo Rosas later told local broadcaster Televisa.It is unclear whether Valdez&#039; arrest, Calderon&#039;s second coup this year against cartels, can staunch rampant drug violence that threatens Mexico&#039;s image as it struggles out of recession and seeks to hold on to tourist revenues.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 765035, member: 1940"] [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U02520100831"]Mexicans hope "La Barbie" arrest may be turning point[/URL] Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, a Texas-born 37-year-old, held back a smile as he was led handcuffed by masked federal police before reporters, flanked by fellow suspects, sophisticated weaponry and plastic packages of drugs. Wearing a green polo shirt, jeans and sneakers, Valdez, nicknamed "La Barbie" for his fair complexion, grinned openly as authorities discussed his capture outside of [URL="http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico"]Mexico[/URL] City on Monday evening. "He has been detained, and this operation closes a chapter in drug trafficking in Mexico," senior federal police official Facundo Rosas later told local broadcaster Televisa. It is unclear whether Valdez' arrest, Calderon's second coup this year against cartels, can staunch rampant drug violence that threatens Mexico's image as it struggles out of recession and seeks to hold on to tourist revenues. [/QUOTE]

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