In a bizarre turn of events, a Mexican cartel claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and murder of US citizens in Mexico's northern city of Matamoros last week and offered an apology to the US government and the victims' families.
The Gulf Cartel, one of the most powerful and violent in all of Mexico, offered up the five members it said were responsible for going rogue and attacking the white minivan on March 3 shortly after it crossed the border from Brownsville, Texas, into Matamoros, Tamaulipas, according to reports.
“The men responsible for these actions acted under their own will and lack of discipline against the CDG [Gulf Cartel] rules. We apologize to the family of Miss Arely and the rest of the American families,” stated the letter that was left on the vehicle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Luis Chaparro
Vice News reporter Luis Chaparro, who regularly embeds with cartels through Mexico, noted that the men handed over to authorities may not be cartel members but scapegoats. Chaparro added that"a cartel leader may have authorized the attack then regretted it and decided to offer sacrificial lambs to police."
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