14-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of being a hired killer to get a drug cartel.

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

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Officials stated Edgar Jimenez, nicknamed El Ponchis, had been trying to catch a aircraft from Cuernavaca to the US with two of his sisters.

The military alleges that he took portion inside a variety of beheadings under the influence of medicines provided by the cartel.

Hundreds have died in drug-related violence in Mexico in recent times.

The teenager is believed to possess worked for that South Pacific drug cartel in Morelos state exterior Mexico Metropolis, the army stated.

An unnamed army official instructed AP information agency that Edgar Jimenez had admitted taking portion in 4 murders, but had stated he had been drugged and threatened with dying if he did not participate.

The army source stated a single on the teenager's sisters was accused of disposing on the our bodies, AP experiences. No fees have yet been filed.
Surge in violence

The Reforma newspaper quoted Edgar Jimenez as declaring: "I felt lousy performing it. I was pressured to do it. They stated they would destroy me if I didn't do it.

"I only beheaded them, but never ever hung [bodies] from bridges, never ever," he stated, according to the newspaper.

Hanging our bodies from bridges at active intersections is usually a apply among Mexican cartels as being a method to intimidate rivals.

State officials say that crimes dedicated by minors, together with murders for cartels, have risen across the nation this yr.

The South Pacific gang is run by Hector Beltran Leyva, brother of Arturo Beltran Leyva, a top drug lord who was killed by Mexican troops a yr ago.

Hector Beltran Leyva's combat for control has triggered a surge in violence inside the states of Morelos, just south of Mexico Metropolis, and neighbouring Guerrero.

More than 28,000 persons have died in drug-related violence considering the fact that President Felipe Calderon began deploying troops to combat the cartels in late 2006.