Teen Girl Assassins A Growing Part of Drug Cartels

[sixmile]

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/cartels-127626-drug-female.html

'They are known as “Las Barbies,” “Las Tinkerbells” and “Las Reinas.” But the images they evoke in the criminal underworld in Mexico are far from those of innocent dolls, bells and queens.

According to intelligence reports, the terms are used by drug-trafficking organizations for “mujeres sicarias” — hit women.'

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/17/us-mexico-drugs-teenagers-idUSTRE75G5F820110617

'Dwarfed by surrounding reporters and with her head bowed to avoid the television cameras, the slender 16-year-old hesitated slightly before she answered the question. "I'm a hitwoman," she said.

Maria Celeste Mendoza was among six teenage suspected gang members arrested this week by police after a shoot-out with authorities in central Mexico, one of the growing ranks of young people working for the country's drug cartels.

Dressed in combat fatigues and with her face hidden, the girl from the northern border state of Tamaulipas described how she had been trained to use Kalashnikov assault rifles and other weapons by the Zetas, one of Mexico's most brutal gangs.

In a listless drawl, Mendoza said she was paid 12,000 pesos ($1,000) for two weeks' work, more than three times the national average. Although she said she was trained as a hitwoman, it was unclear if she had killed anyone yet.'

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[MadHound]

1. More consequences of our failed War on Drugs,

Time to end the madness, now. Otherwise this is going to become and increasing part of our country's problem as well.

[undeterred]

2. Do the girls think its glamorous?

Or is it just about the money...

[Viking12]

3. Sounds like another of Louie Gohmert's bayshit crazy conspiracy theories...

Do the female teenage ninja assassins come to the U.S. to have anchor babies that will be raised to commit terrorist acts in 18 years?