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Judi Lynn

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Thu Mar 16, 2023, 05:52 PM Mar 2023

14-year-old boy arrested in Mexico for murder of 8

By Associated Press
March 16, 2023 at 1:49 p.m. EDT

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy nicknamed “El Chapito” for the drug-related killing of eight people near Mexico City, the federal Public Safety Department said Thursday.

The boy allegedly rode up on a motorcycle and opened fire on a family in the low-income Mexico City suburb of Chimalhuacan. Another man was also arrested in the Jan. 22 killings, and seven other members of the gang, were arrested on drug charges.

The victims were holding a party at their house at the time of the attack, which also left five adults and two children wounded. It was reportedly a birthday party.

The boy’s name was not released, but his nickname — “Little Chapo” — is an apparent reference to imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/16/mexico-child-killer-chapo/e7aba212-c422-11ed-82a7-6a87555c1878_story.html

Same AP story here, without subscribing:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/14-year-boy-arrested-mexico-murder-8-97916174

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