Los Negros
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. Los Negros was led by Valdez at the time they merged with the Sinaloa Cartel.
| Founded | 2003 |
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| 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 |
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