Web Posted: 12/07/2009 12:00 CST
Cartels' youth recruitment worries border authorities

By Lynn Brezosky - Express-News

BROWNSVILLE — When Laredo police investigator Joe Baeza meets with the juvenile enforcement team, he hears of a disturbing trend.

“The adult prison gangs are basically recruiting wide-eyed children, literally, to do their criminal activities, only because the system doesn't treat them the same way,â€