Thread: Cartel Hit Man Arrested on Canadian Border

Cartel Hit Man Arrested on Canadian Border

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 7:35 PM
Updated: Apr 25, 2012 6:28 PM

WESLACO - Border Patrol agents arrested a cartel hit man along the U.S.-Canadian border.

The Border Patrol kept the story quiet until Edgar Campos Barraza, who's also known as "El Cholo," was in Mexican custody. The Mexican government wanted Barraza on kidnapping, conspiracy and murder charges.

Barraza was arrested in January. He admitted to Border Patrol agents in Ohio that he worked for the Sinaloa drug cartel.

We're told Barraza was living in Sandusky, Ohio. The city is between Toledo and Cleveland, two high-intensity drug trafficking areas. It's also connected to I-80 and several other major highways.

According to a 2011 Justice Department report, smugglers pushing Mexican heroin are moving in to the Port of Cleveland. The port gets shipments from around the world.

In fact, heroin is more of a problem in that area than cocaine or marijuana. Barraza was finally handed over to Mexican authorities on April 12.

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why does this article not say who this man is accused of murdering???

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