Mexican Preteen Hitmen

(Morelos, Mexico) Mexican police are hunting a gang of teenage and preteen hired killers after photos and video surfaced on the Internet.



Vidcap of young Mexican hitmen
The hitmen are suspected in dozens of killings.

Police detained a minor on Friday accused of working as a gunman for a drug cartel after shocking videos and photos were posted online by a rival gang, and local media reported that police were also seeking a 12-year-old hitman nicknamed "El Ponchis," (the cloak) but there was no confirmation of that from prosecutors.

Pedro Luis Benitez, the attorney general of Morelos, told a local radio station that police had detained a minor who allegedly worked as a gunman for a drug cartel and were looking for another.

He did not say whether the minor who was detained or the one being sought had appeared in the online photos or video. He also did not give the age of the suspects, but he implied they were young enough to be playing with toys.

"It is easy for them (criminals) to give them a firearm, making it appear as it if were a plastic weapon and that it is a game, when in fact it is not," Benitez said.

Reportedly, the gang of hitmen are paid $3,000 per killing. Pretty sick, eh?