14-year-old Boy Arrested For Homicide of 8 People and Drug-Relation
A 14-year-old youngster known as “El Chapito” is accused of murdering eight individuals in the Mexico City district of Chimalhuacan.
According to the Federal Public Safety Agency, the adolescent, whose name wasn’t released, approached a household in low-income Mexico City on a motorcycle and started shooting.
According to a report by Mirror, the boy’s moniker “Little Chapo” appears to be a reference to drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is currently incarcerated.
In connection with the murders on January 22, another guy was also detained, and seven further gang members were detained on drug-related charges.
At the time of the incident, which also left five adults and two children injured, the victims were hosting a party at their residence. It was allegedly a birthday celebration.
Drug gangs routinely engage in kidnapping and contract killing in Mexico, albeit the reason behind the deaths has not been made public.
They also murder debtors or rivals who are peddling drugs on their land.
Yet this is not the first time that child killers who resort to crime have been a problem in Mexico.
Soldiers detained a 14-year-old child known as “El Ponchis” in 2010.
The boy claimed he was forced to work for the Cartel of the South Pacific, a division of the disbanded Beltran Leyva gang, after he was kidnapped at the age of 11, and that he had taken part in at least four beheadings.
The child, who was only given his first name by the authorities, Edgar, told reporters that he was threatened and drugged into perpetrating the acts after being apprehended.
Police in Mexico had detained one of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s kids back in January, which led to the arrest of the 14-year-old boy.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 32, was apprehended by Mexican military and National Guard soldiers in the northwest city of Culiacan, according to defense secretary Luis Cresencio.
Authorities thought the drug baron’s hitmen would try to assault the car if he traveled by automobile, so he was carried to Mexico City via helicopter.
After being suspected of managing his father’s notorious Sinaloa drug cartel alongside his brother, the US has requested that Mexico extradite the notorious drug lord’s son so that he can face prosecution.
Also, he is charged with murdering a vocalist who declined to sing at his wedding.
