'El Ponchis', a 14-year old US citizen who confessed to working for South Pacific drug cartel, was given three years in prison for homicide, kidnapping and drug and weapons possession, the maximum sentence allowed for a minor.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/27/teenager-el-ponchis-jail-murder?CMP=twt_fd
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