She Was 12 when She First Killed for a Mexican Cartel. An Inside Look at Grooming Measures

How Mexico's Cartels Recruit Children and Groom Them Into Killers

Cartels Increasingly Recruiting Children as Young as 6 as Authorities Struggle to Respond: Report

According to the U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs, an estimated 30,000 children are involved in criminal groups in Mexico

She was 12 when she first killed for a Mexican cartel. An inside look at grooming measures

Sol remembers her first kill for a Mexican cartel: a kidnapping she committed with a handful of other young recruits that twisted into torture and bled into murder. She was 12 years old.

How Mexico's cartels recruit children and groom them into killers

By Lizbeth Diaz

Mexican Shadows Loom Over Child Recruits in Brutal Cartel Wars

In the hidden corners of Mexico, children as young as six emerge as unlikely foot soldiers for ruthless cartels. Their stories offer a window into a dark underworld where poverty, violence, and manipulation converge, often sealing fates too soon. The post Mexican Shadows Loom Over Child Recruits in Brutal Cartel Wars appeared first on LatinAmerican Post.