U.S. officials meet with accused teen hitman

By Kristina Davis and Morgan Lee
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 11:56 a.m.

CUERNAVACA, Mexico — U.S. consular officials have met with a 14-year-old San Diego-born boy who is jailed in Mexico on accusations of being a hitman for a central Mexican drug cartel, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.

The visit was made after Mexican authorities approved a formal petition from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City Monday requesting the meeting.

Edgar Jimenez Lugo, known as “El Ponchis,â€