In a lawless stretch of Mexico, child soldiers as young as 6 are being drafted to fight crime
by Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
Jan 23, 2020
3 minutes
MEXICO CITY - In a lawless stretch of western Mexico, children as young as 6 years old are taking up arms against organized crime.
On Wednesday, 19 children were inducted into a vigilante group that for years has been battling drug gangs in restive Guerrero state. Local journalists published photographs and videos of the induction ceremony - in which uniformed, rifle-wielding children performed military-style exercises - that drew outrage across
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