Anonymous calls off outing of cartel after release of kidnapped member

Many aspects of this story sound too good (too narratively neat, that is) to be true.<p>Is there any evidence that this is anything other than a big hoax orchestrated by Anonymous for publicity and/or lulz? Any third-party confirmation that any part of this story is true, or are we just basing everything off what Anonymous has told us?<p>I mean, any evidence that this unnamed guy was ever kidnapped, that he was ever released, or that Anonymous ever actually had any information about Los Zetas in the first place? Just wondering, not accusing anyone of lying, just not entirely confident that "Anonymous" is a trustworthy source.

This is a good learning experience for Anonymous. They've never faced an organization that has no qualms about kidnapping and brutally murdering them. Maybe there will be a change in their tactics?

I am surprised this threat could silence Anonymous. I was expecting some twisted counter threat from them along the lines of: 'you kill about 10 people every week anyway so for every 10 people that are killed we will release 100 more names'. So if Anonymous release 1 name, then the Zetas kill 10, then Anonymous release 100 names, then the Zetas have obligated themselves to kill 1000 people, then Anonymous release 10000. Now, in quite short order the Zetas have to kill 100,000 people. Which is a lot, even for them.

This whole thing sounded so strange and unlike the MO of anyone associated with anonymous. I don't think I will speculate about what really happened (hoax, anon copycats, whatever) but I really doubt that there was much behind these claims.<p>It's amusing though, because they will still get credit for it, and that will further contribute to their mystique.

Wait I thought they called it off for a different reason about a week ago. EDIT: RTFA! Sorry.<p>The Zetas actually released the guy? Wow!