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Teenage Cartel Hitman Is a U.S. Citizen
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But he's only one teen killer among many as Mexico's drug violence intensifies
By Elspeth Reeve
The floppy-haired 14-year-old turned, like any other modern teen, to YouTube to make his confession. But unlike a typical 8th-grader, Edgar Jimenez's was confessing to beheading people for a Mexican drug cartel for the price of $2,500 each. A hunt for the boy ensued, and this week, Mexican authorities nabbed the "hit boy" known as "El Ponchis" at an airport; he was en route to Tijuana, where he and his teenage sister were planning to sneak into San Diego. Why? He's an American citizen.
Jimenez was arrested Thursday night, suspected of working for Pacific Sur, a gang that splintered off from the notorious Beltran Leyva cartel. The teen was paraded in front of news cameras, even as police guards wore masks for their own protection, yet another symptom of the persistent horrific
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How the alt-right's political violence went from online to real life
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Credits:
Episode producer: Grace Tatter
Host: Ben Brock Johnson
Show producers: Samata Joshi, Dean Russell, and Amory Sivertson
Mixer and sound designer: Emily Jankowski
Production Manager: Paul Vaitkus
When reporter Elle Reeve is recognized at the airport, it's often by members of the alt-right: the online white nationalists who organized the violent Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville in 2017, and who originated much of today's political rhetoric. How did a bunch of 4chan users feeding Microsoft's Tay chatbot hateful language become such a potent political force?
Elle Reeve joins Endless Thread to discuss her book Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics.
Show notes:
- Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners