Mexican cartels paying American teens $1,000+ to traffic illegal aliens, says Sheriff; recruiting through Chinese TikTok

Mexican drug cartels are reportedly paying American teenagers $1,000 for every illegal immigrant they traffic from the US-Mexico border to Houston, Texas, according to a local sheriff. The cartels are even using the social media app TikTok to find the teen recruits.

According to Fox Business, Jackson County Sheriff A.J. Louderback gave host Maria Bartiromo exclusive photos that showed an overturned pickup truck that was allegedly driven by one of the teens, who was attempting to transport 13 illegal immigrants to Houston before the accident.

“You have these teenagers with cars back and forth from the border to Houston all day long,” Bartiromo reported, adding that the cartels are using the popular social media platform TikTok to “entrap” teens by offering them large amounts of money.

Louderback told the Fox Business host that President Joe Biden’s border crisis is “empowering” cartels to do things like taking advantage of American youths. The sheriff called Biden’s strategy at the border his “Destroy America Plan,” and said his department, as well as the Texas Department of Public Safety, are overwhelmed by a number of...

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