Sheriff: Jet Ski killing blamed on mistaken identity

[RamboLiberal]

Source: MSNBC

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Hartley, of McAllen, Texas, is believed to have been shot by Zetas cartel enforcers because he was mistaken for an operative of the rival Gulf cartel, according to an independent intelligence report.

"The truck Hartley and his wife used to put their Jet Skis in the water at the lake had Tamaulipas state plates, and the Hartleys drove the Jet Skis to the Old Guerrero area of the lake, a known battleground in the ongoing war the Los Zetas and Gulf cartels," according to STRATFOR, a Texas-based think tank on intelligence and international issues.

"Given the couple’s license plate and method and direction of travel, it is possible that Zetas scouts identified them as a Gulf cartel surveillance team," STRATFOR said in its report.

"A damage control campaign is currently under way, led by Los Zetas No. 2, Miguel 'Z-40' Trevino Morales, to identify and eliminate those who engaged the Hartleys without proper authorization," according to the report.

It said Hartley's body had been destroyed as part of that effort.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39669630/ns/world_news-americas/

[RZM]

1. Gee, I guess we can all sleep better

knowing that the cartel itself will shoot/behead/whatever its own operatives for killing the wrong person.

[mcollins]

2. How does that make it better? nt

[atreides1]

3. It doesn't make it better.

And I believe it was a sarcastic comment on the part of the poster.

[Ian David]

4. I had been thinking JonBenét's parents did it. But this sounds plausible. n.t

[mitchum]

5. Libertarian dream: an industry regulating itself