Surce: cnn.com
A 14-year-old suspected hit man was captured near Mexico City in December.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- In a video, the 14-year-old defendant tells an interrogator he has killed four people
- “I slit their throats,” the American-born teenager says
- A children’s rights activist in Mexico says as many as 30,000 youths may be in organized crime.
The defendant was transported to the courthouse compound in a military convoy. Because he is a minor, the public is not allowed inside the courtroom in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Only the judge, defense and prosecution attorneys, family members, and a human rights observer are allowed inside.