Anyone really surprised???
Everybody has known for years that VZ (under Chavez) has been trying to use and infiltrate Mexico. Chavez has connections not only with the drug gangs, since like Cuba, VZ makes a lot of money off the trans-shipment of drugs, but with the radical leftist element in Mexico.
Anybody remember a few years ago, when Mexico found Venezuelan troops running around in its southern jungles? VZ said it was just a navigation mistake...but Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with VZ, because it was clearly a scouting action. This was in the early days of Chavez, while VZ still had money and a functioning economy (which he has since destroyed) and he was attempting to infiltrate both Colombia and Mexico.