texas. now he is said to have organized the killings of hundreds of people. fred burton has been following valdez actions along the border. he is a former counterterrorism agent with the state department and a vice president with stratfor global intelligence. he joins us now in austin, texas. we know that there is an awful lot of drug running that exists on both sides of the border. how rare is it for an american born citizen to be this highly placed in one of these cartels? it s very rare. la barbie has managed to make his way to the top of a ruthless cartel. i think he certainly has earned that right based on his known viciousness. he was operating as a hitman in mexico as well as a security chief for beltran lava. we have some video of his interrogation. i want to play a little of that and then get your reaction if we can. let s listen. what was the route that you