By C1 Staff
BEXAR COUNTY — At least five of 13 recently arrested drug cartel members are being held in the Bexar County jail.
KENS5 reports that the cartel members, captured in a joint effort between U.S. and Mexico, face several federal charges.
Typically, they would be held in a federal detention center, but this group is so violent and so well-known that there were concerns they would wreak havoc on security. Thus, they were transferred to Bexar County.
One of those arrested is believed to be Edgar Valdez Villarreal, also known as La Barbie, who is considered to be one of Mexico’s most savage drug lords.
Also being held are three alleged members of the Barrio Azteca gang wanted in the 2010 murder of a U.S. consulate employee and two other victims. Another being held is Martin Daniel Castillo-Rascon, a wanted drug smuggler.
The prisoners are being held in Bexar County only temporarily, before being transferred elsewhere to face federal charges ranging from murder to drug trafficking.