In Mexico, children as young as 10 recruited by drug cartels
WEBOct 14, 2021 · The Network for Children’s Rights in Mexico says that, between 2000 and 2019 in Mexico, 21,000 youths under 18 were murdered in Mexico, and 7,000 disappeared. The group estimates that some 30,000 youths had been recruited by drug gangs by 2019.
Cartels Are Hiring Kids to Be Hitmen - VICE
WEBDec 8, 2021 · In September, the Network for Children’s Rights in Mexico (REDIM is its Spanish acronym) released a new study estimating that 30,000 children were already working for the cartels by 2019 as...
Meet the Children Being Armed to Defend a Mexican Village From ... - VICE
WEBFeb 7, 2020 · Luis and his barely adolescent friends are the latest enlistees in a self-defense group in Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero, which sits at the heart of Mexico’s heroin trade and has been...
Mexico’s Latest Recruits to Fight Cartels: Child Soldiers
WEBJun 14, 2019 · In the midst of a cartel war zone children as young as six train to defend themselves against an army of encroaching sicarios.
'El Menchito' trial offers cautionary tale for cartel 'narco juniors ...
WEB3 days ago · Trial of reputed Mexican cartel leader’s son offers cautionary tale for ‘narco juniors’. A wanted poster for Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, alleged leader of the Jalisco New ...
Child soldiers: Inside the Mexican town arming kids as young …
WEBFeb 13, 2020 · Local parents say their children are forced to stop formal education once they reach about 12 years of age, as the middle schools are in territory controlled by the cartel.
Over 30 killed in Mexico cartel stronghold as violence rages after ...
WEB5 days ago · How the FBI captured 2 leaders of the Sinaloa cartel 01:51. Eleven more people have been killed in a wave of violence in a Mexican cartel heartland shaken by gang infighting, authorities said ...
Cartel using children to smuggle fentanyl: CBP - NewsNation
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Federal officials are investigating two cases in which a Mexican drug cartel is using children as carriers and decoys to smuggle fentanyl into the United States.
Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel ...
WEB2 days ago · US arrests 2 leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel: ‘El Mayo' Zambada and son of ‘El Chapo'. Zambada was the cartel’s elder figure and reclusive leader. After his arrest, he said in a letter ...
Border Report Live: Peacebuilding in a cartel ‘war zone’
WEB2 days ago · On Border Report Report Live (Fridays at 11 a.m. ET), Meade explains how he and his associates navigate Mexico’s political climate, as well as the challenges brought on by drug wars, to fulfill their mission. Visit the BorderReport.com homepage for the latest exclusive stories and breaking news about issues along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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