El Sueño and the rest of the cartel don't claim credit for the embassy bombing. Because they didn't do it. They don't try and refute the fact they did it, though, because despite El Sueño's claims, Villains Never Lie won't fly. Also, they did murder a DEA agent by torturing him to death.Their situation is screwed no matter what.
Notably, they do have El Perico, their Propaganda Radio DJ, "raising questions" about it and whether or not they did it; while Perico is an idiot who often is difficult to control, for something like this it's almost certain Sueño and the other Cartel leaders are trying to use him as a mouthpiece to "subtly" tell the story.
Kataris 26 is apparently named after Tupac Katari, the legendary revolutionary. It could also be named after Pac Katari himself. It's why he changed his name so there was an easier association. This is part of his Fake Ultimate Hero and Miles Gloriosus tendencies.
Karen Bowman reacts with extreme disgust to La Gringa despite the fact she's an Antivillain and a Fallen Hero who was assisting the rebels as well as coerced into working for El Sueño. This makes sense with the fact La Gringa is an American and also a educated woman with some resemblance to Karen herself. Karen views La Gringa as a Category Traitor.
Of course, it also rings hollow once you remember that the reason La Gringa went to work with Santa Blanca is because her NGO was a front for the US government operations in Bolivia. Maybe less hatred of La Gringa, and more massive projecting on the part of Bowman?
Why did UNIDAD continue to stalk the Ghosts despite the latter making a treaty with General Baro? Because the Ghosts have killed members of their organization, are in the country illegally, assisting the guerrillas they're fighting, and wrecking all sorts of havoc. Even the honest members of the group are likely to think of the Ghosts as terrorists.
There's also a number of UNIDAD officers directly in the service of the cartel like El Comandante.
In F.O.B. Armadillo in Itacua, you can find a photo of Pac Katari and Amaru as a Kingslayer file, titled 'First Fight.' Both men appear to be arguing in the photo. Is it a dispute over tactics during their first battle against the cartel, or is it their first leadership dispute that set the seeds for Pac selling out his uncle to the cartel?
Pac repeatedly talks about driving the foreign occupiers out of Bolivia. Naturally he means the Mexican Santa Blanca, but it could also mean the Americans.
Captured Antivillain characters in the Santa Blanca cartel are likely to get far less forgiving deals than El Sueño due to the fact they know significantly less than him. Also, they're being reparated to the United States, which is far less forgiving of drug offenses than most nations.
The Ghosts systematically dismantle Santa Blanca's cartel but in the process wreck the economy and leave a massive power vacuum, setting up the potential for a civil war to break out. Especially since so much of the previous economy was destroyed and the government co-opted by corruption. Fallen Ghosts confirms this and shows the country has been made even worse. There is a ray of hope at the end with the population striking and calling for fresh elections, and the communist insurgency has apparently become chummy once again.
The soft music playing in La Yuri and El Polito's house becomes particularly horrifying when you realize it's a signature tactic used by South American torturers, playing such music to mask the sounds of screaming.
