Mexican cartels' TikTok recruiting scheme squashed as border agent sounds alarm on lingering threat [FOX News]
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Source: FOX News
The popular social media platform TikTok has removed a hashtag from its search engine after cartel members were caught using it to highlight their crimes and recruit human smugglers. A TikTok spokesperson told Fox News Digital that in addition to removing "#CartelTok," from its search engine, the platform also removed "known leaders of cartels or gangs" that violated the organization's policy. Many of the videos in question showed cartels flashing piles of money, jewelry and luxury items that were used to entice teens in America and Mexico to across the U.S. border. The videos proved that the cartel members were not afraid to boast about their illegal operations, often flaunting their cash on TikTok and other apps, bragging about the ease at which they can evade authorities. "Carteltok is WILDDD," read a caption from a TikTok video posted on X. "On TikTok there's currently a trend called 'carteltok', where Mexican cartels hire drug mules who are then paid in crypto. It almo
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