The Philadelphia Union announced on Friday that they have secured the rights to Colombian centerback Carlos Valdes.

Valdes had joined the Union on loan from Independiente Santa Fe of the Colombian First Division in January.

The Union also announced that the Carlos Ruiz move to second division Mexican side Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz was now official.

Thanks to Brotherly Game managing editor Scott Kessler for digging up this news from Mexico. All translations are by yours truly.

After several weeks of back-and-forth rumors out of Mexico linking Carlos "El Pescadito" Ruiz with a move to the Tiburones Rojos of Veracruz, the Mexican second division club's head coach Daniel Guzman has finally put an end to the saga.

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I don't think I have been more critical of a player this season then forward Carlos Ruiz.

(All translations by the Brotherly Game editor Joey Samuel, with consultation from Juan Arango of Simply Futball.)

Philadelphia Union striker Carlos Ruiz has once again been linked to a Mexican club ahead of the July 15 opening of the international transfer window.

The 31-year-old Guatemalan is reportedly on Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz's short list, as the second division Mexican club looks to restock ahead of their 2011-2012 season, per Diario Xalapa.