Ricardo Valdez Torres
Ricardo Valdez Torres, also known as El Cerebro, is a former underground chemist who operated a fentanyl manufacturing lab in Toluca, Mexico, which was pivotal in the early days of the fentanyl crisis in North America. His lab supplied potent synthetic fentanyl to traffickers, leading to a dramatic rise in overdose deaths and fundamentally altering the landscape of illegal drug trafficking.
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His name was Ricardo Valdez Torres – a Mexican citizen who had grown up in the San Diego area.
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