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Drug Cartels Recruiting Teens Through Video Games, Mexican Officials Say

Drug cartels recruiting teens through video games, Mexican officials say

From: The Hill

Mexican officials said that drug cartels are using multiplayer online video games to recruit teens, The Associated Press reported.

Mexico’s assistant public safety secretary Ricardo Mejía said Wednesday that a cartel recruiter has brought bus tickets for three boys between the ages of 11 and 14. 

The first boy was contacted by the recruiter two months prior, and later told his two friends about the opportunity. 

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