English Original Sentence
No wonder he was arrested.
I had expected the subjunctive, arrestaran. ![]()
No wonder he was arrested.
I had expected the subjunctive, arrestaran. ![]()
The phrase “no wonder…” is like “that explains why…”
So the person being arrested in the sentence was an actual event that was completed, despite the word “wonder”.
I see your point, but I found this thread about no es de extrañar que and choice of mode:
Also, I think one can see this expression as another way to say es lógico que, which does take the subjunctive:
No wonder he was arrested.
The sentence on Tatoeba has now been changed to say arrestaran. This was in response to a question raised by @morbrorper.