Los Negros

Los Negros
Founded	2003
Founded by	Edgar Valdez Villarreal
Founding location	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Years active	2003−2010
Ethnicity	Mexican
Criminal activities	Drug trafficking, people smuggling, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, murder and arms trafficking
Allies	Israeli mafia
Rivals	Beltrán-Leyva Cartel; Gulf Cartel; MS-13; La Familia Cartel; Sinaloa Cartel; Los Zetas[citation needed]

Los Negros ('The Black Ones') was a criminal organization that was once the armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel and after a switch of alliances, became the armed wing of the Sinaloa splinter gang, the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. In 2010 it went independent and had been contesting the control of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. It was then the criminal paramilitary unit of Édgar Valdez Villarreal (a.k.a. "La Barbie") in Mexico. Valdez was arrested on August 30, 2010, near Mexico City.^[2] Los Negros was led by Valdez at the time they merged with the Sinaloa Cartel.^[3]

^ Vega, Aurora (7 August 2011). "Surgen cuatro grupos del narco en 2011; El Chapo es el capo más poderoso". Excelsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-08-07.
^ "Mexico arrests 'drug lord' Edgar Valdez". BBC News. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
^ "The Mexico drug war: Bodies for billions". CNN. 20 January 2012.

[Aug_2011-1] Vega, Aurora (7 August 2011). "Surgen cuatro grupos del narco en 2011; El Chapo es el capo más poderoso". Excelsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-08-07.

[bbc-2] "Mexico arrests 'drug lord' Edgar Valdez". BBC News. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-31.

[3] "The Mexico drug war: Bodies for billions". CNN. 20 January 2012.

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