Sure, but they’ve already got plenty of made up reasons to arrest people, all of which were harder to disprove than “Cartel hitman”, a claim that would need serious fucking evidence.
Don’t let them fool you. This isn’t an escalation, it’s a retreat. A small one, sure, but it signals that things aren’t going their way.
And also, now they might start arresting protesters on suspicion of being cartel hitters or some such bullshit.
Sure, but they’ve already got plenty of made up reasons to arrest people, all of which were harder to disprove than “Cartel hitman”, a claim that would need serious fucking evidence.
Don’t let them fool you. This isn’t an escalation, it’s a retreat. A small one, sure, but it signals that things aren’t going their way.