Accused teen hit man in Mexico admits to killings

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Authorities detained a 14-year-old boy on Thursday evening on suspicion of working as a drug-cartel hit man, a spokeswoman for the Mexican attorney general's office said.

While being taken into custody along with his sister, he answered questions from journalists. Here is a transcript of the news conference. Repeated questions have been omitted:

Question: How many people have you executed, friend?

Boy: Four

Question: How old are you?

Boy: 14

Question: Where were you detained?

Boy: There at the airport (someone off cam says: at the airport)

Question: Where were you going?

Boy: To San Diego

Question: Who were you going with?

Boy: With my sister.

Question: At what age did you start killing?

Boy: When I was 11.

Question: Are you the one that is in the video beating a person that is hung in a house?

Boy: Yes

Question: Who gave you the orders to hit them, to execute them?

Boy: 'El Negro'

Question: Where did you learn to execute, to beat?

Boy: ...(inaudible) I got high (NOTE: someone is telling him something off cam)

Question: Did you get drugged?

Boy: 'El Negro' drugged me.

Question: 'El Negro' drugged you?

Question: Since when did 'El Negro' drug you?

Boy: Since I was 12.

Question: You belong to the gang since you were 12?

Boy: Yes.

Question: And you are from the CPS?

Boy: Yes.

Question: How many weapons did you have?

Boy: About 6

Question: What types of weapons did you have?

Boy: 'Cuerno de chivo', 45,

Question: How did you join the gang?

Boy: In the (inaudible)

Question: Did they pick you up?

Question: Who picked you up?

Boy: 'El Negro'

Question: And he convinced you or he made you join this?

Boy: He made me.

Question: What did he tell you?

Boy: That I either work or he'll kill me.

Question: That you work in the 'mota' (pot)?

Boy: No, that either I work or he killed me.

Question: He was going to kill you? You don' t have parents?

Boy: No

Question: You don't have parents? You lived alone?(off camera answer no audio)

Question: Where did you live?

Boy: In Tejalpa.

Question: Tejalpa, at what age did you start to sell pot?

Boy: I never sold pot.

Question: So he took you to do what? What did you do exactly? What did you do before joined the gang?

Boy: (Inaudible)

Question: No, before joining the gang, what did you do?

Boy: I studied.

Question: Where did you study?

Boy: In the Lopez Mateo.

Question: There in the High School of the Laguna?

Boy: Yes

Question: Until what grade?

Boy: 3rd (of high school)

Question: 3rd of high school? And why did you leave?

Boy: I didn't want to study anymore.

Question: You didn't want to or your parents couldn't anymore?

Boy: I didn't want to anymore.

Question: Why didn't you want to anymore?

Boy: I didn't want to anymore, I didn't like it.

Question: Who is your maximum idol?

Boy: (makes noise, no answer)

Question: And what did 'Radilla' tell you to convince you to kill?

Boy: He would just drug me. I didn't know what I was doing?

Question: Did he drug you with pot or cocaine?

Boy: With pot.

Question: Who taught you how to use drugs?

Boy: Him

Question: Where did you meet him?

Boy: Here in Tegalpa

Question: How?

Boy: He came over and I met him

Question: Who hid you lately? Did you hide, yourself, or did they help you?

Boy: I hid.

Question: You hid. Are you afraid?

Boy: No

Question: You're not afraid?

Boy: (He shakes his head, no)

Question: Do you know what's going to happen?

Boy: Yes.

Question: Do you know that they're going to take you and judge you on federal crimes?

Boy: Mmm-hmmm

Question: Are you aware of that?

Boy: (nods in agreement)

Question: Your mom, your dad where are they?

Boy: I don't have.

Question: You don't have a mom or a dad?

Boy: (shakes head)

Question: Are they dead or are they dead to you?

Boy: No, they're dead

Boy: They're dead?

Question: Brothers?

Boy: Six

Question: Six brothers, but you're the only one involved in this?

Boy: mm-hmmm

Question: How many have you killed?

Boy: Four

Question: How did you execute them?

Boy: I slit their throats

Question: Those were also intructions from 'El Negro'? He told you to do it, or you did it on your own?

Boy: No, that's what 'El Negro' told me.

Question: Is it true that they defended you so that you wouldn't be executed?

Boy: U-huh

Question: How?

Boy: I was just taken to a house and that's it.

Question: But how? There were going to kill you there?

Boy: Yes, then they didn't want to kill me.

Question: Who defended you?

Boy: Ladilla

Boy: Ladilla defended you?

Boy: (nods)

Question: Who was going to kill you then?

Boy: His people.

Question: But why was he going to kill you?

Boy: Well I don't know, just cause ...

Question: You had your group of friends in Tejalpa?

Boy: No

Question: So they just saw you and took you in.

Boy: Yes

Question: So they pick up many kids there?

Boy: No

Question: Only you?

Boy: (nods)

Question: How many other kids are in this gang that are under 18?

Boy: Not one, all are 20

Question: None, you are the only minor?

Boy: Yes

Question: Where were you born?

Boy: San Diego, California

Question: You are from the U..S then?

Boy: Yes

Question: Your birth certificate is from the United States?

Boy: (nods)

Question: How much did they pay you?

Boy: 2,500

Question: Weekly?

Boy: Yes

Question: Dollars or pesos?

Boy: Dollars and pesos

Question: Who paid you?

Boy: Ladilla

Question: Do you want to say anything else to the press? Talk to your parents via the press?

Boy: Nah, it's fine

Question: It seems like you're dissappointed with life.

Boy: No

Question: Do you like being in this?

Boy: No

Question: So then why did you get in?

Boy: I didn't get in, they took me.

Question: Do you regret it, are you sorry?

Boy: Yes

Question: What are you most sorry for?

Boy: Why did I get into this.

Question: And for killing?

Question: Are you sorry for killing?

Boy: (nods)

Question: So you participated in the killings, it wasn't you, you were drugged?

Boy: Yes

Question: In most of the cases?

Boy: Yes

Question: You were always drugged? You didn't know what you were doing?

Boy: No, I didn't know

Question: You could go free because your 14, what would you do if you go free?

Boy: Go on the right path

Question: Are you sure?

Boy: Work right

Question: And what would you do?

Boy: Anything, except that.