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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ap Correspondent

Boy, 14, last seen in kidnap video among 11 found dead in Mexico

A National Guardsman stand guard over a scene where a car bomb exploded near a police station in Acambaro, Guanajuato - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, few been as profoundly shocking as that of a 14-year-old boy kidnapped in late October along with about a dozen family members in the country's south.

In the video, posted by his captors, the skinny, shoeless boy is seen sitting against a tree, his hands tied with rope and saying quietly that he works for a rival drug gang. The boy obviously spoke under duress, his schoolboy face tentative and cautious.

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