**TW mentions violence, not for those who may feel delicate and easily upset** can’t believe what the hell is going on in the world and just need to speak to someone 😭

[Isahlo]

I’ve just been in my usual post 12h shift scroll hole whilst waiting for my bus, and can’t believe what I’ve seen, mentioning of gangs around the South American border kidnapping children, removing their organs and using their bodies to transport cocaine

i feel like I’m going to be sick. How can people be so awful.

sorry just on my own and have no one to talk to about this but it’s shaken me up.

Reported.

But this stuff actually does happen on the Mexican border… you think it’s a troll?

Yes I think it's a troll. "South American border", which border? It just reads troll to me.

Why, it’s not against the talk guidelines, I’ve tried really hard to put an appropriate trigger warning on and as flossy says this is real.
it’s just appalling and I needed someone to share the space with. 😣

can’t wait to get home to DD, I’ll be sleeping on her floor tonight

Without meaning to sound flippant, I think your child is pretty safe from Mexican drug cartels.

I’m on mumsnet nearly every day. I didn’t keep watching the video to find out more about it. To be quite honest I wish I’d never seen it.
I’ve been here for nearly a decade, under many different names posting through DV, infertility, maternal mental health issues, the lot. I promise I’m the furthest from a troll going.

USA and Mexico border it happens on.

just what I needed.
ive recently stopped bf, at quite hormonal and I’m knackered. It’s awful though isn’t it, I had no idea.

How do these children magically survive without their organs?

The OP meant the border to the south of the USA. Pretty obviously.

They don’t. They kill the children, sell the organs and then stuff the bodies with drugs. It’s fairly well documented.

They die. That’s what makes it horrendous
children being murdered so their bodies can be filled with drugs.

Sadly there's an awful lot of terrible things that go in the world and exploitation of children/women/vulnerable people. Some of work touches on human trafficking and the stories are horrendous. I get being hormonal and upset by these things and it's important to know the bigger picture of, for example, what goes on in the cocaine trade.

They don’t. They’re kidnapped murdered.

*Some of my work

Are you sure?
I’ve googled. Snopes seems to think it’s an urban legend.

I’m too much of a wet wipe to cross reference to be honest

How would it be easier to smuggle drugs inside a dead body? Wouldn't transporting a dead child across the border seem, you know, a bit suspicious?

I think OP might mean that reading about this awful stuff has shaken her up and left her feeling emotional about the vulnerability of her own child. You know… like when something dreadful happens and people say, “go home and hug your children, hold them a little closer, don’t take them for granted. You’ve no idea how lucky you are.” Etc.

I’m fairly sure she knows her child isn’t about to be murdered by Mexican drug cartels.

But if that’s the only reason a person would be moved enough to lay by their kids bed, then…

They make the children look like they’re sleeping.

They’ll cover them with blankets and drive across the checkpoints.

mumsnet is waaay too delicate for any realities,TW or not!!

Exactly- I just love her, and because I’m on my second of 3, 12 hour shifts I’ve not seen her awake since Thursday teatime, I’m back at work again tomorrow morning and won’t see her again awake properly until Monday breakfast. It just makes you realise how fragile everything is, and how things can be taken in an instance.
my heart hurts for the poor people this has affected too. 😣

www.snopes.com/fact-check/drugs-smuggled-in-dead-babies/
it’s not true op

Bit of an overreaction, no?

@Isahlo
I think terrible things happen to children. But I don’t think this is true. I understand how you feel about your daughter, and the fragility of life.
I hope you are ok.