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Mexico deports U.S.-born teenage hitman who beheaded for cartel
Source: Reuters
Mexico deports U.S.-born teenage hitman who beheaded for cartel
MEXICO CITY Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:22pm EST
(Reuters) - Mexico deported a teenage hitman to the United States on Tuesday after he spent nearly three years in a juvenile detention center for crimes including murder, kidnapping and trafficking cocaine in a case that shocked even a nation so used to violence.
U.S.-born Edgar Jimenez, known as "El Ponchis," worked for the South Pacific drug cartel in Morelos state outside Mexico City. He was captured in late 2010 when he tried to travel to the United States. He was just 14.
"His plane has left for the United States," a Mexican security official said, asking not to be identified in line with policy. He said Jimenez, now 17, had been released a few days early for good behavior, and was bound for San Antonio, Texas.
The official said he was expected to be taken to a rehabilitation center in Texas.
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MEXICO CITY Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:22pm EST
(Reuters) - Mexico deported a teenage hitman to the United States on Tuesday after he spent nearly three years in a juvenile detention center for crimes including murder, kidnapping and trafficking cocaine in a case that shocked even a nation so used to violence.
U.S.-born Edgar Jimenez, known as "El Ponchis," worked for the South Pacific drug cartel in Morelos state outside Mexico City. He was captured in late 2010 when he tried to travel to the United States. He was just 14.
"His plane has left for the United States," a Mexican security official said, asking not to be identified in line with policy. He said Jimenez, now 17, had been released a few days early for good behavior, and was bound for San Antonio, Texas.
The official said he was expected to be taken to a rehabilitation center in Texas.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/26/us-mexico-crime-idUSBRE9AP1AP20131126