Convicted Cartel Hitman, 17, Finds Refuge in US After Mexico Release Mayra Moreno - KENS 5
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Report: Teen drug cartel killer freed from Mexican prison, headed to US (KENS 5)

SAN ANTONIO - He was a convicted killer in Mexico at the age of 14, known to work for the drug cartel and responsible for the gruesome murder of four people. Edgar Jimenez Lugo, now 17, is in San Antonio reuniting with family, according to Mexican authorities.

The teen is a U.S. citizen, born in San Diego, California but raised in Mexico by his grandmother.

At the age of 11, Lugo said he was kidnapped by the Mexican cartels. In 2010, he was arrested in Morelos, south of Mexico City, after being accused of beheading four young people. He served three years in a Mexican prison.

On Tuesday, Lugo was released from Mexican custody before reportedly boarding a commercial plane, leaving Mexico for the Alamo city.

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