The coverage likely had a lot to do with an even more shocking letter, sent on Tuesday by Velázquez to local Tijuana media. Dibble has confirmed with the 51-year-old man’s attorney that the correspondence is from him. Per Dibble’s follow-up item:

“My actions were the result of a situation of high risk, threat and intimidation,” Velázquez writes. “What happened to me at the beginning of March cannot be understood outside of the context of the fight against organized crime and the consequences for citizens. The victims of this situation are not only the dead, who number in the thousands, and those who mourn them, but also those of us who have had the misfortune of calling the attention of those who consider us easy prey for their objectives, which has been devastating for me and (my family).”

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