More Arrests

The alleged intellectual author of the murder of General Mauro Enrique Tello has been arrested. He is said to be part of a cell of the Zetas that called itself the Soldier-Killers, which dedicated itself to assassinating members of the army around the nation.

I recently heard a theory that explained the relationship between the gangs and the government thusly: the army was protecting the Zetas, while the PGR and the Secretariat of Public Security was protecting Sinaloa. As all-encompassing Mexican conspiracy theories go, this is slightly more nuanced than the simple, "Calderón sold the country to Sinaloa," but it's pretty hard to reconcile with the above information. Or the fact that the Federal Police (under the control of the Secretariat of Public Security) just arrested a cell of La Familia Michoacana, said to be allies of the Sinaloa gangs.