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Reuters on Mexico's Narco-Blunders

Submitted July 8, 2005 - 1:52 pm by Al Giordano
In a story about the recent arrest in Mexico of a man authorities suspect is drug trafficker Vicente Carillo Fuentes, but who others claim is an innocent architect caught up in a case of mistaken identity (DNA tests pending), Reuters news agency notes:

If the capture turns out to be a blunder, it will leave the government red-faced coming after the arrest last month of a man it crowed was an international terror suspect who turned out to be a harmless Lebanese-born tourist.

Embarrassed Mexican authorities have also had to deny a military report in June of marijuana plantations in Zapatista rebel territory in the southern state of Chiapas.

It's a curious thing when Reuters has become more skeptical of official government statements - and therefore more accurate -  than COHA.

Meanwhile, 24 hours after being fact-checked, COHA remains hiding in its office suites in Washington DC, without the moral fiber to issue a correction or defend its deplorable false claims about the indigenous of Chiapas, leading, of course, to wide speculation that the false claims were not by omission but, rather, a cynical maneuver made by commission.

Come out from under that desks, beltway bandits, and face the music! Correct your errors and tell the truth!

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