17 December 2010

MEXICO: 19 Dec. UPDATE: Cd.Juarez Teens Have Murdered For $40 USD.

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   The Milenio newspaper reports that poor teenagers in Ciudad Juarez say they have murdered opponents of narco terrorists for as little as 500 pesos ($40 usd).
   “To go to school, a kid spends about 42 pesos ($3.50) a day on his transportation. Then they decide not to go to class, so they end up as the neither-nors( "ni-nis"): they neither study nor work,” said one official.
  "These kids are victimizers, but they are also victims," said former gangster Miguel Barrera.