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3 December 2010
Last updated at 10:39 ET
The Mexican army has arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of being a hired killer for a drug cartel.
Officials said Edgar Jimenez, nicknamed El Ponchis, had been trying to catch a plane from Cuernavaca to the US with his 16-year-old sister.
The military alleges that he took part in a number of beheadings under the influence of drugs supplied by the cartel.
Thousands have died in drug-related violence in Mexico in recent years.
The teenager is believed to have worked for the South Pacific drug cartel in Morelos state outside Mexico City, the army said.
An unnamed army official told AP news agency that Edgar Jimenez had said he had been drugged and threatened with death if he did not participate in the killings.
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Officials said Edgar Jimenez, nicknamed El Ponchis, had been trying to catch a plane from Cuernavaca to the US with his 16-year-old sister.
The military alleges that he took part in a number of beheadings under the influence of drugs supplied by the cartel.
Thousands have died in drug-related violence in Mexico in recent years.
The teenager is believed to have worked for the South Pacific drug cartel in Morelos state outside Mexico City, the army said.
An unnamed army official told AP news agency that Edgar Jimenez had said he had been drugged and threatened with death if he did not participate in the killings.
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