Francisco Javier Antonio Martínez, a tax official in Mexico’s SAT, is under investigation for ties to a fuel-smuggling vessel from the U.S. His humble business record clashes with his millionaire lifestyle.
Mes: abril 2025
Fuel Trafficking Hub Uncovered: Mexican Authorities Seize 97 Containers in Cosoleacaque Raid
The Recruitment of Minors into Organized Crime: An Alarming Reality
25% of the “halcones” (lookouts) arrested in Guerrero are under 18 years old.
Local NGOs report that up to 60% of recruited minors are used as lookouts or messengers.
In 2011, Redim estimated that 30,000 children had been recruited by organized crime.
Currently, it is estimated that half a million children in Mexico are at risk of being recruited into organized crime due to factors such as addiction, school dropout, normalization of violence, narcoculture, poverty, and social marginalization.
