Suspect arrested in case of David Hartley, killed while jet skiing on Texas lake
Article subtitle:
Police: suspect is Mexican drug cartel leader
Article publisher:
7 News/ Scripps Media, Inc
Article date:
8 October 2012
Article category:
Colorado News
Medium
Article Body:
Mexican authorities say they have detained a drug cartel leader suspected in the 2010 killing of Colorado native David Hartley who was shot while jet skiing on a lake that straddles the U.S.-Mexican border.
CNN reported Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo was arrested last week.
He is accused of being a regional leader of the Zetas drug cartel in three northern Mexican states.
Known as "The Squirrel," Martinez is also suspected of being behind the 2010 massacre of 72 migrants in Tamaulipas in addition to other killings ...