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13-Year-Old Mexican Drug Cartel Hitman Found Dead, Tortured ( Gun Free zone )
CBS Houston ^
| March 1, 2013
Posted on 03/01/2013 4:54:15 PM PST by george76
MORELOS, Mexico — A 13-year-old Mexican drug cartel hitman was found dead along with five other people.
Univision reports that Jorge Armando Moreno’s body showed signs of torture when he was found near the town of Morelos.
Moreno — who was a member of the Los Zetas gang — was arrested earlier this month, along with 15 other suspects, and confessed to taking part in 10 executions.
He was released into his family’s custody because he was too young to be criminally prosecuted. Zacatecas state law says no one under the age of 14 can be subject to criminal prosecution.
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Earlier this week, a group of armed men broke into a prison and freed 12 prisoners in the state of Tamaulipas on the border with Texas.
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Mexico has suffered a series of prison breaks in recent years. One of the largest, the flight of 131 in the state of Coahuila in September, was blamed on the Zetas cartel, which also controls much of Tamaulipas.
(Excerpt) Read more at houston.cbslocal.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: New Mexico; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: drugcartel; drugcartelhitman; gang; loszetas; moreno; preteenzetacartel; zetas
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posted on
03/01/2013 4:54:22 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
Can’t say this is any great loss. If he continued to live, he probably would have murdered many more.
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posted on
03/01/2013 4:56:27 PM PST
by
Gritty
(The 2nd Amendment protects the right to shoot tyrants effectively, not deer-Judge A. Napolitano)
To: george76
A 13 year old hitman? Shades of Colombia in the 1980s.
But hey, we don’t need to secure the border or anything.
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:00:37 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(When life gives you lemons, hoard them and make a killing in citrus futures!)
To: george76
What goes around, comes around.
The real world doesn't care if you're a "juvenile."
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:01:48 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
To: george76
A 13 yr old can’t be prosecuted for committing murder in Mexico, but a 13 yr. old hitmen can definitely be tortured and killed.
What a horrible country.
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:04:01 PM PST
by
txrefugee
To: george76
He was released into his family’s custody because he was too young to be criminally prosecuted.Even for murder?!
Something's got to change.
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:07:57 PM PST
by
South40
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: george76
Ohhhhhhh poooor little Jorge who took part in 10 executions himself. Pooooor baby.. I’m devastated (sniffle sniffle) /s I hope maggots are feasting upon his body at this very moment.
To: Gritty
Too bad BO and Big Sis didn’t let this kid take them to one of the gatherings of the Zetas or a guided tour of his neighborhood. They think everything is so peaceful and wonderful there.
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:11:15 PM PST
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:12:45 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
BUMP
I hear in some countries kids are forced to be hitmen because they can’t be charged as adults
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:13:59 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: george76
They frequently break into prisons.?! Hmmm.
That gives me an idea....
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:15:34 PM PST
by
Tenacious 1
("The British are Coming (to confiscate weapons)" - Paul Revere (We know how that ended))
To: george76
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:15:45 PM PST
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Ohhhhhhh poooor little Jorge who took part in 10 executions himself. Pooooor baby.. I’m devastated (sniffle sniffle) /s I hope maggots are feasting upon his body at this very moment. I understand your reaction as it was initially mine as well. I'm not sorry the kid is dead in the broad sense. But it does stir my soul that a 13 year old boy had been coerced, forced, trained, etc. to be a brutal killer. He didn't turn 12 and decide, I want to murder people for the rest of my life. Think about a 13 year old you know. What a sickening dillema.
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:19:42 PM PST
by
Tenacious 1
("The British are Coming (to confiscate weapons)" - Paul Revere (We know how that ended))
To: GeronL
I hear in some countries kids are forced to be hitmen because they can’t be charged as adultsPretty common in US gangs, but I don't know how much they are being forced. I think they're young, stupid and want to be in the gang.
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:20:52 PM PST
by
umgud
To: george76
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:24:02 PM PST
by
dennisw
(too much of a good thing is a bad thing --- Joe Pine)
To: Tenacious 1
I understand your reaction as it was initially mine as well. I'm not sorry the kid is dead in the broad sense. But it does stir my soul that a 13 year old boy had been coerced, forced, trained, etc. to be a brutal killer. He didn't turn 12 and decide, I want to murder people for the rest of my life. Think about a 13 year old you know. What a sickening dillema. It's true.
By the time a kid is a 13-year-old hit man, he has no future. To think that such a kid can be redeemed is a forlorn hope. At that point, society as a whole is probably better off with the hit man dead.
But the fact that a 13-year-old kid was coerced, manipulated, misguided, whatever, into this. THAT is a crying shame.
To: South40
Something's got to change.
Yeah, the natives need to go home and reclaim their country.
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posted on
03/01/2013 5:43:46 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Gritty
Or run for office as a progressive liberal.
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posted on
03/01/2013 6:18:15 PM PST
by
pennyfarmer
(Your socialist beat our liberal AGAIN.)
To: Gritty
I’m sure he was beginning to turn his life around
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posted on
03/01/2013 6:57:04 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(I think, therefore I am what I yam, and that's all I yam - "Popeye" Descartes)
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