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MEXICO CITY — A judge has ordered a U.S.-born suspected drug lord known as “La Barbie” held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized-crime and other possible charges, authorities announced Saturday.
Edgar Valdez Villarreal, who got his nickname for his fair skin and green eyes, will be jailed at federal police headquarters in Mexico City during that period, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.
The judge’s decision also gives Mexican authorities time to decide whether to deport Valdez to the United States, where he faces cocaine charges in three states.
