MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Sol remembers her first kill for a Mexican cartel: a kidnapping she committed with a handful of other young recruits that twisted into torture and bled into murder. She was 12 ...

STORY: "They always told me, ‘You are our little sister, the youngest and we love you very much.’ They said many beautiful things that I believed, I thought this was the best family I had. But over ...

Children are prime recruits for cartels seeking loyal - and enthusiastic - recruits Reuters interviewed 16 current and past child recruits Most came from homes wrecked by violence and drugs MEXICO ...