Mexico arrests 14-year-old 'drug hitman'
The Mexican army has arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of being a hired killer for a drug cartel.
Officials said Edgar Jimenez, nicknamed El Ponchis, had been trying to catch a plane from Cuernavaca to the US with two of his sisters.
The military alleges that he took part in a number of beheadings under the influence of drugs supplied by the cartel.
Jane-Frances Kelly reports.
04 Dec 2010
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean