Mexico: 'Baby Hit Man' reportedly sent to San Antonio

Edgar Jimenez was 14 when he was captured in December in Cuernavaca before boarding a plane to Tijuana en route to his mother’s home in San Diego, Calif. Edgar Jimenez was 14 when he was captured in December in Cuernavaca before boarding a plane to Tijuana en route to his mother’s home in San Diego, Calif. Photo: Associated Press File Photo Photo: Associated Press File Photo Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Mexico: 'Baby Hit Man' reportedly sent to San Antonio 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — A U.S.-born teenager who earned the nickname “Baby Hit Man” working for a Mexican drug cartel is expected to be in San Antonio for rehabilitation, an official there said.

Edgar Jimenez Lugo's family asked that he be returned to the U.S. after serving three years for four homicides in Mexico, said Jorge Messeguer, a top official in the central Mexican state of Morelos.

The Mexican media dubbed Jimenez, who's being sent to a treatment center to help him return to society, “Niño Sicario,” or “Baby Hit Man,” after he told TV cameras he started killing at age 11.

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