DAILY STAR
Law and order has almost completely broken down in Mexico with around 90% of murders going unpunished.
In some states, it’s so bad that for every 50 murders, just one results in someone being sentenced.
Investigative journalist Ioan Grillo recalled one particularly gruesome case of a teenage killer.
“There were were videos of him where they had guys hanging up and he was part of the crew and he was like a little mascot,” he told podcaster Shawn Ryan.
“The crew were beating and torturing these guys and when the military caught him, there were journalists around there.
“I know one of the guys who was there and they asked him this… this guy’s got three sons and kind of knew how to talk to him…”
The journalist asked the pint-sized Sicario “what have you done?” and the cartel “mascot” casually replied: “I have decapitated four people”.
He continued: “A 14-year-old kid said that. I had it on camera it was on TV it became a kind of big scandal and the guy did five years or so he’s out, released probably…”
