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This video was published by blogdelosguachos published on June 2, 2024
The following video depicts a young Indigenous boy from the Durango mountains recruited by Operativa MZ (Mayo Zambada). Operativa MZ is an armed wing led by Los Cabrera Sarabia brothers from Durango, and they answer to the Ismael ‘Mayo’ Zambada Garcia criminal organization.
“The new elements of the “Mayiza”, Indigenous children from the mountains of Durango being recruited by the “operative MZ” to go fight or hawk in the state of Zacatecas.
I do not deny that there are young people forced or tricked into working in organized crime, that is a reality, but in a much smaller percentage than the young people who enter by their own decision, most of them influenced by other family members, friends or even their parents.”