Inside the cartel networks recruiting young Americans | CNN -
Avery SchmitzDouglas, Arizona —
At 20, the young woman was struggling. She’d just given birth and had tuition, rent and baby formula to pay for.
A single mother in Phoenix, she was trying to make ends meet and build a future, studying for her psychology degree.
“It kind of gets (to be) so much that you can’t ask somebody for help,” she told CNN.
Then one night, a Snapchat post seemed to offer a way out:
Desperate, she swiped up.
“I said, ‘What is this for? What you guys doing?’ And they had explained to me, ‘You’re going to be picking up people.’ And I’m like, ‘People? Do they need a ride? What’s going on?’”
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