La Barbie’s extravagant ranch that the government raffled off

• It’s known as El Paraíso ranch.
• La Barbie’s ranch was raffled off by the Mexican government.
• It had lavish details.

Among the many properties that Edgar Valdez Villarreal owned, a ranch stands out. It was designed to his specifications, had luxurious details and unique spaces for fun and leisure Today we show you La Barbie’s extravagant ranch that was raffled off by the government.

The property, valued at more than 60 million pesos, was one of the whims that Edgar “La Barbie” Valdez was able to gift himself, since it was well known that if money and luxuries were involved, he did not spare even one penny.

La Barbie’s extravagant ranch that the government raffled off

According to Infobae, this property, El Paraíso, was seized from La Barbie, who was arrested in 2010. He was one of the most dangerous drug traffickers who quickly moved up the ranks due to his connections in the United States.

And thanks to that he was able to recruit the police and the army to join the organization. Another factor that benefited him in the drug world was the great friendship he shared with Marcos Arturo Beltrán Leyva, nicknamed «El Barbas».

The ranch is valued at more than 60 million pesos

According to Infobae, the ranch has a commercial value of 61.4 million pesos and measures 2.5 hectares. It has stables, a bull ring, a small zoo, a room for special events and an artificial lake as well as a gym, sauna, bathtub, garage and warehouse.

Previously the house had a rustic style, with arches and stone finishes, marble or granite floors, and precious woods which were uprooted and stolen from the house. It turns out that La Barbie’s relatives took electrical equipment from the interior and some time later thieves dismantled the bathroom and the bedroom, even taking electric cables for the copper and destroying the cages of tigers and other animals such as zebras, deer and gorillas that belonged to Edgar.

The community asked that La Barbie’s ranch be donated

According to El Sol de Cuernavaca when the ranch was taken over the following year, locals asked the federal government to donate it for a school or a recreation center. The request was denied but years later they stand firm.

«We delivered an official letter to the President of the Republic when he came (in November 2019) to Coatetelco so that that place could be used by the CBTA 194 students from Miacatlán, because the enrollment has already grown and there is no space,» said Mrs. María Magdalene. However, the request was not heard and La Barbie’s assets were raffled on September 15, 2021.

It was raffled off with other properties belonging to former drug traffickers

For 250 Mexican pesos, the Mexican public was given the opportunity to live in the house the founder of the Sinaloa Cartel Joaquin El Chapo Guzman ran off to, or in the ostentatious mansion that was owned by the legendary capo of Mexico, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, also known as El Señor de los Cielos (Lord of the Skies).

These are just some of the properties that were seized by the Institute to Return the Stolen to the People, which together with the Mexican National Lottery, managed to organize a huge draw with the properties of big drug traffickers in Mexico, among them the ranch of La Barbie.

Today someone enjoys La Barbie’s ranch

According to Milenio, on October 6, 2021 the Mexican government handed over La Barbie’s ranch to the winner of the September 15 draw by the Mexican National Lottery, who for security reasons remained anonymous.

Finally, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced that all the money raised with the National Lottery draw would be used for the country’s athletes who were heading to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at that time.