In Mexico City, local authorities arrested a 14-year-old boy nicknamed “El Chapito” for killing eight people allegedly linked to drug trafficking. This was announced by the federal department of public safety. The boy, who allegedly opened fire on a family from a motorcycle on 22 January, was arrested along with an adult. The nickname “Little Chapo” seems to be a reference to former drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, now imprisoned in the United States.
Eight murders are alleged to have been committed in the suburb of Chimalhuacan. 7 more alleged gang members were arrested on drug smuggling charges. During the attack, the victims were having a birthday party at their home, and seven people were injured, two of them children. The exact cause of the murders is not yet known, but Mexican drug gangs are often involved in kidnappings and contract killings.
Local media say that underage homicides are nothing new in Mexico. In 2019, the military arrested a 14-year-old boy nicknamed “El Ponchis”, who said he was abducted when he was 11 and forced to work for the South Pacific Cartel, an offshoot of the Beltran Leyva gang. Young said at least four people participated in the beheading. He told reporters after the authorities arrested “El Ponchis”, simply named Edgar, that he was given drugs and forced to commit crimes under threat.
Source: Today IT
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