‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’:

The river port of Rosario lies on the route between cocaine-producing Peru and Bolivia and lucrative markets in Europe. The result is terrifying violence and addiction

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Máximo Jérez was not on any hitlist. On his way home from a birthday party, the 11-year-old stopped to buy juice from a small store in the Los Pumitas district of Rosario, Argentina, unaware that narcos embroiled in a turf war were also on their way.

Witnesses say the gangsters showered bullets from a car, killing Máximo and injuring three other children.