it was the mexican secretary of state for security ricardo mejia who delivered this story to the mediaat the beginning of the month in the state of oaxaca southern mexico three young people aged 11 to 14 were enrolled by a criminal grouptheir mission to make the waters in the jargon to be a hawk in other words monitor the radios frequencies or to position yourself in a specific sector and alert in the event of police presence for a salary of around 350 eurosthese three minors first missing had been taken care of by a woman near a bus stationthis woman has since been arrestedrecruitment took place far from the parents gazea first boy was contacted via the free fire mobile phone an online game that has tens of millions of users worldwidethe principle is simple up to 50 players in an arenayou have to kill the other participants be the survivor between two virtual shots the alleged rebellion was able to exchange with this young player start the persuasion process indicates the mexican authoritiesthe minor accepted the offer he shared with two school friendsnarcomarketing the mexican governments warning is not limited to this particular gamewe can cite gta fortnite for examplegames with crazy success prized by young peopleplaystation x box nintendo games said mexican security secretary of statetraffickers are lodging everywhere according to ricardo mejia criminals spot the profiles of addicted players to adrenalinethey send messages at dawn to get around parental surveillance everything is anonymous obviouslythe offenders hide behind nicknamesa pseudo in particular cjngan acronym that is not trivial that refers to the cartel jalisco nueva generacion a formidable cartel one of the most dangerous in the world and the best armed in mexico according to the american department of american justicethis cartel wants to address youth by publishing images likes videos on instagram or tiktok hundreds of thousands of timeswe see weapons bundles of tickets luxury cars and sometimes drugs of courseoften with an all except anxietyprovoking soundtrackthere are bestof of these videos quite easily on youtubeexperts have the term adequate narcomarketingyoung people are easy prey redum the network for child rights in mexico estimated in september that 145000 to 250000 children in the country run the risk of being recruited by criminal groupsbut in a press release the organization specifies that video games digital platforms are not responsibleprohibiting video games is a false solution said the redum which asks the government a global prevention strategy and insists on social inequalities that make these young vulnerable to traffickers