It's been a week since he went missing from Nuevo Laredo and the local news media have reported nothing, even after two of his brothers showed up murdered in a neighboring state on Feb. 17. One of them was an agent for the federal Attorney General's Office.
City spokesman Juan Jose Zarate said the local government has no confirmation that Balmori Garza disappeared, only that he has not come to work.
He said the mayor, Benjamin Galvan Gomez, is still waiting for the chief to show up.
"That's why we've put out absolutely no statement," Zarate said.
It's just one of the strange realities of the border city of 350,000 people, which is racked by drug violence every time a gang decides to challenge the reigning cartel at the busiest commercial crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border. Attacks have flared again in the Zeta stronghold since the beginning of the year.
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