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The juniors can enter the United States and blend into its society with tremendous facility.
It makes them very useful, Cisneros said.
Anyone who can drive easily into the United States can earn $15,000 in just a few hours.
That is a tremendous temptation for someone of their age.
They are easily converted into tools of the narcotics trade.
Six of these Narco Juniors were arrested and named in a U.S. District Court in San Diego in 1996.
PerThe Los Angeles Times, Hodoyan said that Ramon made himself known to all the youth in the neighborhood.
Every Friday and Saturday night, he would be at the disco or a party.
He always paid for everyones drinks.
He was a partier.
He used to drive around with his music turned up real loud, Hodoyan said.
PerThe Guardian,Ramon drove a red Porscheand wore a mink jacket and heavy gold jewelry.
Such a gaudy display of wealth undoubtedly made him a magnet for bored rich kids.
They would kill people who didn’t cooperate.
They would kill people who didn’t pay a fee or a toll.
They would kill people who were not necessarily disloyal to them.
They killed them to set an example."
Ramon died on Feb. 10, 2002.
There are lots of us and we get $300 for each kill, one Narco Junior told Reuters.
It was easy money.
These kids are cheap labor who cannot be imprisoned, he said.
More and more of them being used by the drug gangs.
This article was originally published onNovember 5, 2021
