Criminal probes tied to suspected teen hitman continue in U.S., Mexico

By Morgan Lee
January 1, 2011 at 6 p.m.

The fallout from last month’s capture of a 14-year-old San Diego native accused of carrying out gruesome killings for a Mexican drug gang continues to unfold in the United States and in Mexico.

Five relatives of Edgar Jimenez Lugo, including his mother who lives in San Diego, have become the focus of criminal probes that range from common U.S. immigration violations to aiding a ruthless cartel leader based in central Mexico.


- Marco Antionio Diaz Sierra

Edgar Lugo Jimenez, nicknamed "El Ponchis," had been wanted since October. He was arrested at an airport in central Morelos state as he tried to board a plane to Tijuana.
The search for a young assassin nicknamed “El Ponchisâ€