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Schoolboy, 14, dubbed ‘El Chapito’, arrested after eight people shot dead at family birthday party
A BOY of 14 has been arrested in connection with a birthday party massacre that saw eight killed and seven hurt, including children.
The young teen, nicknamed “El Chapito”, allegedly rode up to the family celebration on a motorbike and opened fire on the attendees in Mexico City on January 22.
Eight other members of the gang were arrested alongside ‘El Chapito’[/caption]
Notorious drug kingpin “El Chapo” on his way to the US following his capture in 2017[/caption]
The boy – who has not been identified – was arrested with an alleged accomplice, known as “El Ñoño”, Mexico officials reported on Thursday.
The killing spree took place in the low-income neighbourhood of Chimalhuacan in Mexico City, while a party was taking place.
The attackers killed eight people and injured five adults and two children, including a 3-year-old.
The federal police have also arrested seven of members of the same gang on drug-related charges in a swooping 12-hour sting operation in the suburbs of Mexico city last weekend.
The motive behind the birthday party killings has not yet been disclosed, but drug cartels in Mexico are known for carrying out contract killings or inflicting ruthless retribution on rivals and enemies.
Child killers are not uncommon in Mexico, which is still reeling from news of the crimes of “El Ponchis”.
The 14-year-old, known only as Edgar, admitted to participating in at least four decapitations in 2010.
However, the young boy claimed to have been kidnapped aged 11 and forced into committing the hideous crimes on behalf of the Cartel of the South Pacific.
For now, “El Chapito” has been transferred to a specialised criminal justice facility for adolescents.
The boy’s nickname is a reference to notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman – the former leader of the vicious Sinaloa cartel.
Guzman was arrested and extradited to the US in 2017. He was convicted in 2019 of charges including drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons-related offenses. He is now serving a life sentence in Colorado.
The drug lord’s son, Ovidio Guzman, was captured in a dramatic operation led by Mexican security forces in January.
His arrests sparked all-out-war as a wave of violence ripped across Sinaloa state. The army were forced onto the streets to fight rampaging drug cartel members.
At least 30 people were killed amid the bloody clashes between the military and cartel gunmen.
The news of the arrest of “El Chapito” comes as waves of gang violence rock Mexico and tourists are warned to avoid travel to the country.
Just as university students flock to Mexico for spring break, a surge of brutal slayings and kidnappings have been taking place leading many to abandon their trips.
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Schoolboy, 14, ‘stabbed IT expert, 53, to death’ outside Asda ‘after group of youths were told to stop messing around’
AN IT expert was stabbed to death outside an Asda supermarket after he challenged a group of youths for “messing about in the toilets”, a court heard.
Ian Kirwan, 53, died after being knifed in the heart in front of horrified shoppers in Redditch, Worcestershire.
Five youths, aged between 13 and 16, went on trial on Wednesday accused of murder, manslaughter and violent disorder.
One of the defendants, 14, has accepted inflicting the fatal blow to Mr Kirwan, jurors were told.
The 14-year-old also pleaded not guilty to a further offence of possession of a bladed article in public.
The court heard how local man Mr Kirwan, a software engineer who worked for Jaguar Land Rover, left his home on March 8 to do some shopping before popping into Asda to use the toilet.
After he let the store, he is said to have asked a group of lads why they were “messing about in the toilet”.
Prosecutor Benjamin Aina KC told jurors this was the moment the victim was stabbed through the heart.
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He told Birmingham Crown Court: “Ian Kirwan left his home in Redditch with the intention of going to B&Q to buy a light switch.
“About 7.15pm in the evening, Ian Kirwan went into Asda and entered the customer toilets.
“When he did so he came into contact with a group of five young males who were messing about in the toilets.
“A little later he left the toilets, he left the Asda store and some of these boys were outside.
“He challenged them ‘why were you messing about in the toilet?’, words to that effect, and a scuffle broke out”.
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Mr Aina told the court that there is “no dispute” that the 14-year-old principle defendant was the person who stabbed Mr Kirwan.
However, he said that at the time he was stabbed all five of the youths were “acting together”, and were “assisting or encouraging” the youngster.
“They all intended that Mr Kirwan should be caused at least really serious harm with the knife that was used,” he added.
“Therefore the prosecution say in law all five boys were jointly responsible for Mr Kirwan’s death.”
The prosecutor continued that on the night Mr Kirwan died, the five defendants were part of a larger group who “all had their faces covered with face coverings”, as they travelled on a train.
“They were dressed to cover their identities”, he said.
Describing the group’s train journey from Birmingham to Redditch as “anti-social”, Mr Aina told the court the youths were “climbing chairs, throwing rubbish and causing members of the public to move away”.
The prosecutor added: “During the course of the journey something very important happened.
“During the course of this journey that knife was captured on CCTV footage.”
The jury heard that Mr Kirwan had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Mr Aina said: “If he felt under threat his arms would go out”.
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He noted that the 14-year-old defendant also suffered from mental health disorders, but said that it instead was a “behavioural disorder” in his mind at the time of the killing.
The group all deny charges of murder, manslaughter and violent disorder on Wednesday over the attack.