Mexico Suspends Search for Hartley

Zapata -- Mexico's search for McAllen man David Michael Hartley was temporarily suspended, with no further questions or comments made. STRATFOR, a private intelligence service based in Austin, stated that its sources indicated that low-level members of the Zeta drug cartel were responsible for the attack and that the group destroyed the body that same day. Due to both U.S. and Mexican government ties in partnership to locate the body, a halt was done due to a severed head of a Tamaulipas state police commander investigating the case was delivered in a suitcase to a military post in Miguel Aleman. STRATFOR analyst predicts that there will be more killings and beheadings of Mexican authorities if that search continues. Citing unnamed sources, STRATFOR reported that low-level Zetas identified the Hartleys as a potential Gulf Cartel surveillance team and rashly chose to retaliate by shooting at the couple.

Source: http://www.themonitor.com/articles/hartley-43582-think-indicate.html