THE BORDER REPORT

Border law enforcement sources continue to insist that the Mexican Navy has Nacho Coronel in custody. What I'm told is that SEMAR is trying to extract his Army connections and that's why the detention is being quelled in the press, a point that is admittedly vague but all I have for now. Simply put, they haven't admitted to it yet. I'm also being told that his arrest is connected to former PAN presidential candidate Diego Fernández de Cevallos' kidnapping. The disappearance was reported May 15, Thursday. De Cevallos' truck was found Friday night in the state of Querétaro. Nacho Coronel was allegedly arrested Thursday evening or Friday morning in Guadalajara. I do wonder if the Sinaloans didn't sell him out; but if they did, that's treachery on the highest levels. Writing about Griselda Lopez's arrest/liberation, Malcolm Beith reminds us that the last time Joaquín Chapo Guzmán sold someone out – early 2008 when he gave up Alfredo Mochomo Beltrán Leyva – was reportedly done so to free his son, Ivan Archivaldo from prison.