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Mexico sees rise in gangs, vigilantes recruiting children

| January 23, 2020 8:05 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — One day after a vigilante group revealed that it was using children as young as 8 as “recruits” for armed defense patrols, Mexico's president said Thursday that drug cartels too are recruiting every-younger kids.

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