A 14-year-old boy nicknamed ‘El Chapito’ was arrested after he was shot eight times at a birthday party
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a birthday party massacre that killed eight people, including children, and injured seven others.
Nicknamed “El Chapito,” the teenage girl rode a motorcycle to a family celebration in Mexico City on Jan. 22 and opened fire on the attendees.
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An unidentified boy was arrested as an accomplice known as “El Ñoño”. Mexico officials reported on Thursday.
As the party was going on, a murder occurred in the low-income neighborhood of Chimalhuacan, Mexico City.
The attackers killed eight people and injured five adults, including a three-year-old, and two children.
Federal police also arrested seven members of the same gang on drug-related charges in a sweeping 12-hour sting operation outside Mexico City last weekend.
The motives behind the birthday party killings have yet to be revealed, but Mexican drug cartels are known to carry out contract killings and inflict ruthless reprisals on rivals and foes. .
Murders of children are not uncommon in Mexico, which is still reeling from news of the “El Ponchis” crimes.
A 14-year-old boy known only as Edgar admitted to participating in at least four beheadings in 2010.
However, the boy claimed he was kidnapped at the age of 11 and forced to commit horrific crimes for the South Pacific cartel.
Now “El Chapito” is being transferred to a specialized criminal justice facility for juveniles.
The boy was nicknamed after the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin.El ChapoGuzman – Former leader of the vicious Sinaloa Cartel.
Guzman was arrested in 2017 and extradited to the United States. In 2019, he was found guilty of drug trafficking, money laundering, weapons-related crimes, and other charges. He is currently serving a life sentence in Colorado.
Ovidio Guzman, the son of a drug lord, was captured in a dramatic operation led by Mexican security forces in January.
his arrest provoked all-out war Just as a wave of violence hit Sinaloa. The military was forced to take to the streets to fight rampaging drug cartel members.
at least 30 people died In bloody clashes between military and cartel gunmen.
News of the arrest of “El Chapito” gang violence rock mexico Tourists are also warned to avoid traveling to the country.
Just as college students flock to Mexico for spring break, brutal killings and kidnappings are on the rise, forcing many to abandon travel.
