14-Year-Old Nicknamed ‘El Chapito' Arrested in Mexico for Murder of 8 at a Birthday Party - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images Mexican authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy nicknamed “El Chapito” for the drug-related killing of eight people near Mexico City, the federal Public Safety Department said Thursday.

The boy allegedly rode up on a motorcycle and opened fire on a family in the low-income Mexico City suburb of Chimalhuacan.

The victims were holding a party at their house at the time of the attack, which also left five adults and two children wounded.

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In 2010, soldiers detained a 14-year-old boy nicknamed “El Ponchis” who claimed he was kidnapped at age 11 and forced to work for the Cartel of the South Pacific, a branch of the splintered Beltran Leyva gang.

After his arrest, the boy, who authorities identified only by his first name, Edgar, told reporters that he was drugged and threatened into committing the crimes.