The Texas sheriff working most closely on the “lake pirates” shooting incident told TPM Thursday that reports over the weekend of suspects in the case may have been distributed by drug cartels. Reports from both sides of the border about the case have conflicted often, and Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez himself has been at the center of some of the confusion. But in an interview with TPM Thursday, he said his office had spoken with Mexican authorities, who told him they had not given information about suspects to the media.David and Tiffany Hartley were jet skiing and taking photographs on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake two weeks ago, when they were attacked, according to Tiffany, by people in three boats. David was shot in the head, and Tiffany says she was unable to recover his body before fleeing for safety. Since then, Mexican authorities have not been able to find David’s body or the jet ski he was riding that day.
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