Drug cartels’ TikTok recruiting scheme nixed after hashtag used to connect members banned

In recent days, several videos have been broadcast in TikTok of young people who claim to join the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cártel (CJNG) to work as hitmen, noting that they supposedly do so by their own decision and without being forced to do so. “I am 21 years old, I am going to work as a hit man for the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cártel. No one obliges me. I go of my own volition,” one of them is heard to say in one of the clips that have gone …

Drug cartels’ TikTok recruiting scheme nixed after hashtag used to connect members banned

The popular social media platform TikTok has removed a hashtag from its search engine after cartel members were caught using it to highlight their crimes and recruit human smugglers.

Mexican cartels flaunting illegal activities on TikTok hit roadblock now that Trump has eyes on them · American Wire News

Mexican cartels flaunting their illegal activities on TikTok hit a roadblock as the online video platform removed their hashtags from its search engine. TikTok users can no longer search for “#CartelTok” or “known leaders of cartels or gangs” on the platform, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The move comes after cartel members were seen in videos blatantly showing off their crimes and recruiting human smugglers. “Many of the videos in quest…

Mexican cartels' TikTok recruiting scheme squashed as border agent sounds alarm on lingering threat

TikTok has put an end to a hashtag often used by cartel members to flaunt crimes as smugglers turn to social media to combat the Trump administration's border crackdown.

The recruitment of young people by organized crime in Mexico is an alarming phenomenon that has intensified in recent years. Although Veracruz is not among the states with the highest incidence, the proliferation of cases in other entities such as Baja California, Chihuahua, Colima, the State of Mexico and Mexico City highlights a structural problem of security, justice and social fabric in the country. The entity and its institutions must be al…

Mexican cartels’ TikTok recruiting scheme squashed as border agent sounds alarm on lingering threat

​ The popular social media platform TikTok has removed a hashtag from its search engine after cartel members were caught using it to highlight their crimes and recruit human smugglers. A TikTok spokesperson told Fox News Digital that in addition to removing “#CartelTok,” from its search engine, the platform also removed “known leaders of cartels or gangs” that violated the organization’s policy. Many of the videos in question showed cartels flas…