Corruption among public servants is nothing new in Mexico. And on February 2, residents of the state of Sonora were witnesses of another such episode as criminal groups put up "narcomantas" —messages left by drug cartels on a cloth banner, usually containing threats— in which they accused local police officers of working alongside the criminal group known as "Los Salazar."
The narcomantas were found in three different locations across the municipality of Caborca, about 100 miles southwest of the U.S.-Mexico border. The banners were addressed to Sonora governor Alfonso Durazo Montaño, warning him of the alleged partnership of Los Salazar and members of local law enforcement.
