14-Year-Old Assassin: Drug War Failure

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/03/131782981/mexico-holds-teen-su...

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A 14-year-old boy suspected of acting as a drug-cartel assassin has been taken into custody by the Mexican government, according to an army official there.

The alleged killer, rumored to go by the nickname "El Ponchis," was thought to be working for Mexico's South Pacific Cartel. The AP reports that he told authorities he had worked for the cartel since he was 11 and had participated in a number of killings.

"I participated in four executions, but I did it drugged andunder threat that if I didn't, they would kill me,'' said the teen,who appeared calm and showed no remorse."

The boy is reported to have been trying to flee Mexico with an older sister, possibly trying to get to their mother in San Diego, when he was detained by the Mexican Army in Cuernavca.

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[UNEASYMARKER]

its not a war on drugs its a war on personal freedom

[semperfisemperceler]

@sarathomas208 America doesn't supply the weapons, American street gangs smuggle them over, but some people in the U.S. do buy the drugs.

[ArmyOfThePharaohz]

@mrp1221 HELL YEAH thats what brought me here! La Coka

[mrp1221]

MALVERDE MARKET! Yeah!

[arabianmetalhead99]

This is where la coka nostra got that sample!

[PurpleStorm8]

@icecreamer121 Err...what?

I don't remember that in the games.

[icecreamer121]

Too much assasins creed?

[canadiannerd1]

I agree one hundred percent !!

[iiNadeTech]

And the weapons corporations DO happen to sell to opposing forces. Because, at the time, selling weaponry to the Mujahideen seemed like a good idea, but now we have the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and dozens more Islamic fighting organizations. Then, that leads to more complications, because, SUDDENLY, they're terrorists! As soon as they stop protecting American interests.

[iiNadeTech]

Merciless people storming into regions in a massive land struggle killing men, women, and children for a petty reason? Sounds like the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[TheSolitaryTraveller]

@untidall That is something that has always happened and always will, I wouldn't be shocked if an american gun company sold weapons to terrorists. It's the money game which has always been driven by greed.