Different reports across the years have detailed how cartels are using social media to recruit operatives in Mexico. Now, CNN is claiming that the initiative has expanded to the U.S.
The outlet spoke to a woman from Arizona who said she was offered between $5,000 and $10,000 in a single day through a Snapchat message. A 20-year-old single mother, she said the money would help her alleviate financial pressures and accepted to become involved in a human smuggling operation.
