Now Hiring

Systemic violence. Heavy recruiting of young fighters. Horrific images shared on social media. Killing sprees that cross borders and terrorize communities. That could describe ISIS. It also describes the Mexican drug cartels.

+ “For more than a decade, cartels have been battling for control of smuggling routes along the border. The violence has devastated nearby towns and claimed the lives of some 60,000 people.” And the cartels are hiring. The Center of Investigative Reporting with a video piece on a key part of the drug wars: the recruitment of child soldiers by the Zetas.