U.S.: Accused teen hit man in Mexico is an American citizen

[IScreamSundays]

Source: CNN

Mexico City (CNN) -- A 14-year-old accused of ruthless killings on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel boss is a U.S. citizen, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said Monday.
Gini Staub would not provide any further information.

"We have confirmed the boy's U.S. citizenship but can't say anything more about the boy's situation in the absence of a (provisional arrest warrant) signed by at least one of the parents," Staub said.

Earlier, Staub said that the boy, once his citizenship was confirmed, would be given "all appropriate consular assistance, just like we would for any U.S. citizen arrested and incarcerated overseas." Assistance would include prison visits, information on local attorneys and checks on his welfare, she said.

The teen -- reportedly carrying a birth certificate issued in San Diego -- and two of his sisters were detained Thursday at an airport in central Mexico after an anonymous tip alerted authorities he was heading to Tijuana, Mexico, local media reported.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/06/mexico.teen.hit.man/index.html?iref=NS1

[IRemember]

1. Don't bother reading the comments at the end of the article

Just a bunch of nasty vitriol from racists

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I did and some of that is predictable

by the way, the Justice system will run it's course in this case and after he serves, he will be transported to the US Border and sent across.

[Bobbieo]

3. The story I read last night said the boy was kidnapped by the cartel from San Diego when

he was 11 years of age.

My question then and still is - why would the cartel kidnap an American kid and take him all the way down to Sinaloa when there were thousands of kids in Mexico they could have taken to do their killings for them. What was the purpose of taking an American citizen?

[Turbineguy]

4. Maybe the drug cartel

has a sense of humor. Most of their sales are in the US. Why not employ Americans? In this manner they are more socially responsible than some American companies.

[Bobbieo]

5. According to t he story last night,, he was killing members of rival gangs.

and was often beaten and abused by his captors. Makes no semse!!!

[Art_from_Ark]

6. It does sound like one of those stories

that goes beyond the bounds of credibility