In the 2000s Media were not aware of this Identity of Édgar Valdez Villarreal aka “La Barbie”a former capo who rose to national prominence arrested in 2010 smile at the presentation of the PGR and elements of the AFI, Valdez Villarreal was born in Laredo, Texas and for several years he remained anonymous until his arrest.
Edgar Valdez revealed his relationship with drug dealer Arturo Beltrán Leyva when he was arrestedwho was killed in 2009 in Cuernavaca, Morelos by elements of SEMAR; ‘Barbie’ confessed that he preferred to work alone because Beltrán Leyva lost control and threatened to kill him, for this reason he distanced himself.
Édgar Valdez is currently serving his sentence in the Coleman II Maximum Security PrisonLocated in central Florida, approximately 70 kilometers from the City of Orlando, United States.
For several years, Valdez Villarreal went unnoticed by the authorities, keeping a low profile, but frequenting trendy clubs and restaurants in areas with high purchasing power, it was in one of those places that the soloist was Charlie from torrent group He affirms that he met him in person but did not know who he was until he was introduced to authorities on national television.
Torrente Group and Edgar Valdez Villarreal
In the 2000s, Grupo Torrente played in trendy nightclubs, one of which was the “Bar Río” in Monterrey, the place was so exquisite that entertainment personalities visited, Charlie said, such as Adal Ramones, Paulina Rubio, Lupita D’Alessio, AB Quintanilla and others.
Charlie said so Bar Río came to see Colombian Shakira; Since the place was very refined and the people who came were wealthy, Grupo Firme played the latest music at the time; Among those present, a blond man stood out, tall and always accompanied by women who I always asked about the song ‘Baraja de Oro’ The request was accompanied with shots of whiskey and 100 dollar bills.
Charlie refused to play songs that were not in the repertoireon behalf of the owner of the place, so he was once called in front of Édgar Valdez to ask why they didn’t play his song to which the Torrente member said he couldn’t, in the end the situation was resolved. controlled and sang ‘Baraja de Oro’.
Time later in Mexico City, Grupo Torrente had a presentation and at that place they sent for Charlie and said that they wanted to greet him, “someone asking for a stack of gold”, Charlie approached with another colleague and greeted ‘La Barbie’; Some time later, the PGR and presented the national chain Édgar Valdez the identity of Édgar Valdez Villarreal has been revealed.