San Diego-born boy sentenced to 3 years for Mexican drug-cartel killings

Vancouver (BC) Sun
Mexico City — The “boy killer” who for many became a symbol of the lawlessness and social deterioration of Mexican society because of the nation’s drug war was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for killing four people in Morelos state. — Edgar Jimenez Lugo, alias “El Ponchis,” was 14 years old when he was arrested by the Mexican army in December. The teenager admitted before news cameras at the time that he began killing at age 11 and that a cartel paid him $200 a week to do it. He claimed to have beheaded four of his victims… Read More

Invader arrested on rape charges involving 14-year-old girl

AL.com
Decatur, Ala. — Decatur police arrested a 23-year-old man on rape charges after the mother of a 14-year-old girl called police regarding the alleged rape. — The mother called police Saturday to report her daughter had been raped three weeks earlier, police said. Luis Antonio Brito was arrested on an unrelated charge and held in the Decatur City Jail. — Police investigated the rape allegation and charged Brito with second-degree rape… Read More