WTF? How Did Dutton Ranch's Villains Do THAT In Season 1's Finale?

The Dutton Ranch finale’s core mystery is how villain Mariano Reyes appears to know Carter’s location before Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler do, despite Carter hiding at Dwight White’s ranch. In the season 1 ending “El Padrino,” Mariano’s men abduct Finn Little’s Carter and he calls Beth to say the situation has changed, after Mariano learned Beth and Rip hijacked a shipment of fentanyl. Mariano acts with violence after being defeated during an incursion at 10-Petals Ranch, including fighters led by Rip, Azul (J.R. Villarreal), Zachariah (Marc Menchaca), and Everett McKinney (Ed Harris). The question raised by the article is how Mariano found Carter at Dwight’s ranch, when Beth’s late-race searching of Rio Paloma failed to locate him. Two possibilities are suggested: Mariano could have obtained Beth’s contact information or traced outgoing calls, while another potential leak might involve Sheriff Handy Wade’s access, given his ties to 10-Petals and his relationship with Carter.