14-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of getting a employed killer for a drug cartel.

The Mexican army has arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of currently being a employed killer to get a drug cartel.

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Officials mentioned Edgar Jimenez, nicknamed El Ponchis, had been attempting to catch a plane from Cuernavaca for the US with two of his sisters.

The military alleges that he took aspect inside a number of beheadings beneath the influence of prescription drugs provided by the cartel.

1000's have died in drug-related violence in Mexico in recent times.

The teenager is believed to have worked for the South Pacific drug cartel in Morelos state outdoors Mexico Metropolis, the army mentioned.

An unnamed army official told AP information company that Edgar Jimenez had admitted taking aspect in 4 murders, but had mentioned he had been drugged and threatened with dying if he didn't participate.

The army source mentioned 1 of the teenager's sisters was accused of disposing of the our bodies, AP stories. No charges have nevertheless been filed.
Surge in violence

The Reforma newspaper quoted Edgar Jimenez as saying: "I felt poor doing it. I was compelled to try and do it. They mentioned they would kill me if I didn't do it.

"I only beheaded them, but certainly not hung [bodies] from bridges, certainly not," he mentioned, according for the newspaper.

Hanging our bodies from bridges at hectic intersections is a practice among Mexican cartels as being a technique to intimidate rivals.

State officials say that crimes committed by minors, which includes murders for cartels, have risen throughout the region this 12 months.

The South Pacific gang is run by Hector Beltran Leyva, brother of Arturo Beltran Leyva, a top rated drug lord who was killed by Mexican troops a 12 months in the past.

Hector Beltran Leyva's battle for management has brought on a surge in violence while in the states of Morelos, just south of Mexico Metropolis, and neighbouring Guerrero.

More than 28,000 people today have died in drug-related violence considering that President Felipe Calderon commenced deploying troops to battle the cartels in late 2006.