As many as eight young Mexican workers are confirmed dead after U.S. authorities say they attempted to quit their jobs at a call center run by a Mexican drug cartel
As many as eight young workers at aMexican authorities
Human remains were then found last week, discarded in plastic bags in the western state of Jalisco. Authorities said they have now confirmed the remains were of the call center workers. Six men and two women were reported missing in the case. According to the report, their families believed they worked at a normal call center when in fact they were working for the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
"Best guess is these kids had decided they wanted out of the business," the U.S. official said, adding the cartel was"sending a message to other defectors.""It appears this has happened before," the official added.
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