In other words, the cartels sent down one lackey who was their biggest F-up to be the scapegoat and take the heat off them.
Does anyone slightly believe that the local cops simply arrested a guy and announced it?
“Does anyone slightly believe that the local cops simply arrested a guy and announced it?”
No, this was a case of “you screwed the pooch amigo. We need a sacrificial goat to appease the Americans.”
Low man on the totem pole gets handed to the Federales. The cartel tells him his family will be taken care of. If he objects his family will be taken out.
Now they say that guy was not involved in ambushing the women and children...