Criminal recruits through TikTok

“You look for jente [sic] for the 4 letters. No matter the age, train my race [sic]”, can be read in a text, accompanied by a small yellow face emulating the military greeting. This message is overwritten above a video showing the cabin of a car inside, which is part of a convoy that seems to be patrolling a fielded at night. Different examples and variations of this production can be found on the social network TikTok.

A hundred TikTok accounts were used by organized crime to carry out propaganda and recruit young people, according to a study by the Seminar on Violence and Peace of El Colegio de México. The study, titled New Borders in the Digital Recruitment, exposes the way in which groups such as the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) use hashtags, music, viral audios and visual content to attract young people to their ranks…

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The dangers of social networks are diverse; however, the Rancho Izaguirre case uncovered a new one that puts young people at serious risk, as narcos have discovered that these platforms are an effective tool to swell the ranks of organized crime. Currently, there are members of drug cartels on the most popular social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, among others. We tell you how narcos use these social networks, so that yo…

The CJNG leads the use of TikTok as a recruitment and propaganda channel, using hashtags such as #4letters, #mencho or #lamena job.