Saturday, July 26, 2014

What's it Cost a Smuggler to Bring an ILLEGAL across Mexico to the U.S.?

Migration experts and smugglers who charge from $4,000 to $10,000 to move Central Americans to the U.S. say these are some of the payments that must be made to get their human cargo to its destination:
— Guide who makes the trip: $500-$600.
— Boatmen at Mexico's southern border: $1.50 to cross Suchiate River from Guatemala.
— Lodging: $11.50 a room, which can hold many migrants.
— Central American gang: At least $100 per migrant to board Mexican freight train known as "La Bestia" The Beast).
— Mexican police and immigration officials: $230 to $540 to pass; $25 to $40 a person to free detained migrant.
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