Template:Did you know nominations/José Manuel Garza Rendón
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:47, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
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José Manuel Garza Rendón
[edit]... that José Manuel Garza Rendón turned himself in and snitched on a Mexican drug cartel? Source: "Nearly eight years ago, Jose Manuel Garza Rendon walked across a bridge spanning the Rio Grande, surrendered to U.S. border guards and handed federal agents a golden opportunity. He snitched [on the Gulf Cartel]." (The Houston Chronicle)- ALT1:... that Mexican drug lord José Manuel Garza Rendón turned himself in because he feared for his life? Source: "Hitmen from his own cartel were looking for him too: They wanted to kill him for botching business while addicted to cocaine ... Fearing for his life, Garza gave up." (The Houston Chronicle)
- ALT2:... that after snitching on a drug cartel, José Manuel Garza Rendón may live the rest of his life like a "hunted rabbit"? Source: "He reportedly gave the Drug Enforcement Administration invaluable information on the workings of the cartels ... A former top member of a Mexican drug cartel can expect to be a 'hunted rabbit' after his release from a U.S. prison, a former U.S. drug agent says." (UPI)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dean Thompson
- Comment: Several Spanish-language sources require a subscription. Happy to share the texts upon request.
Moved to mainspace by MX (talk). Self-nominated at 00:59, 16 January 2019 (UTC).
Nice new article, more than satisfies all requirements. Striking hook 1, which may be a bit misleading because later in the article it says "Although a U.S. federal agent described what Garza revealed behind closed doors as “substantial” there is nothing in the public record to indicate specifically what he said. There is also nothing to indicate he’s willing to testify against anyone, or if he even told the truth." buidhe 20:35, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Buidhe: Hi there, thanks for the review. The source still mentions he snitched on the Gulf Cartel, but it is unknown what he said about the group or if the information was useful for investigators. This isn't surprising, so I'm not sure why the writer went on a tangent. Information provided by informants / protected witnesses is not usually released to the public anyway. MX (✉ • ✎) 04:57, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
