Mexican Cartel Recruits Allegedly Killed For Resisting Training

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the drug trafficking groups designated terrorist organizations by US President Donald Trump, tricked people with fake job adverts for positions such as security guards, Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said. (Credit: AFP)

A Mexican drug cartel allegedly tortured and killed recruits who refused to cooperate or tried to flee a training camp where bones and clothing were found, the government said Monday.

So far, however, there is no evidence that the ranch in the western state of Jalisco was used as an "extermination camp," Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch told a news conference.