Cartel Commander Used TikTok To Recruit Gunmen, Say Mexican Cops

Cartel Commander Used TikTok To Recruit Gunmen, Say Mexican Cops

An investigation into an alleged cartel training ground and killing field in western Mexico has led authorities to uncover how one of the world's most violent cartels used TikTok to recruit its gunmen. | Border / Cartel Chronicles

Mexican authorities announced on Monday that the Cybernetics Police detected about 39 accounts of various social media platforms dedicated to recruiting people for organized crime and drug trafficking. READ ALSO: They capture in Mexico ‘El Lastra’, a hit man linked to the case of the Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán “Derivated from the analysis and monitoring work, the area of Cybernetic Investigation and Patrol of the Secretariat of Security and C…

This action was carried out following the arrest of José Gregorio, alias ‘El Lastra’

Behind the unbridled language, cock emojis and narco-corridos with more reproductions than some presidential speeches, a criminal recruitment machine was deployed... The post How the CJNG used TikTok to recruit young people: the case of the ranch Izaguirre appears first in LJA Aguascalientes.

Chihuahua.- The Municipal Public Security Directorate indicated that, contrary to considering that there was an increase in the crime of narco-menudeo, in the capital there has been a greater number of arrests, assurances and investigations related to this crime, which is reflected in the increase of 27 percent in the previous investigations recorded by the National Public Security System (SNSP). The agency reported that, in the case of Chihuahu…

David VicenteñoJosé Gregorio “N”, alias “El Lastra” or “El comandante Lastra”, was linked to proceedings by the judge attached to the Federal Criminal Justice Center of the State of Mexico, residing in Almoloya de Juárez, in the federal maximum security prison Altiplano, reported the Attorney General’s Office (FGR). With the elements provided by the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office on Organized Crime (FEMDO), they were also linked to proceedings …