On May 2, the Mexican government arrested Dámaso López Núñez, the purported heir to the Sinaloa cartel, one of the world’s most powerful organized crime groups. Authorities hadn’t seen so much as a picture of López Núñez in 15 years, but were able to track down and arrest him after seeing him in a video captured secretly by a man using a rigged Android smartphone.

Mexican media has since reported that the man, who has been described as a “hacker” and risked his life by betraying López Núñez, is “being protected” in the United States. In reality, the hacker is not in the US, but rather still in Mexico.