Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram to recruit teenagers for illegal activities, including human smuggling and drug trafficking. These cartels are luring teens with promises of quick cash and firearms. Local police and authorities in San Antonio are raising alarms about the growing trend, urging for stricter measures such as ramped-up 'stop and search' operations. The issue has become so prevalent that even teenagers as young as 14 are being targeted and involved in these criminal activities. Additionally, weapons are being sold to teens online.
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San Antonio Mexican drug cartels recruiting teenagers into world of human smuggling via social media / Via @KENS5 https://t.co/SIvylhAk2V
Ramp up ‘stop and search’, police told, amid warnings weapons are being sold to teens on TikTok https://t.co/ROeZuM1YmW
Big wads of cash, guns, and an easy profit. It’s a message Mexican drug cartels are sharing on social media to recruit teens https://t.co/GIVyTXm26n
Monday night at 10 p.m. on #3NEWS: Local teens as young as 14-years-old colliding with police and Mexican cartels. How this online scheme might be targeting your kids. https://t.co/nNshPMFrVg