Migrant smugglers are now selling their secrets on how to enter the US illegally as part of travel “packages” offered to asylum seekers on social media for $10,000, officials warn.
“They are sold complete packages for $10,000 to bring them from, say, Colombia all the way to Tijuana,”. “Then they are met with a guide who shows them where to cross and how to download further instructions. Enrique Lucero of Tijuana’s Migrant Affairs Office said the use of technology by migrants and smugglers has only grown in recent years, with coyotesLucero said the latest wave of social media advertisements are enticing enough to keep migrants continuing to sell everything they own in hopes of getting the key to enter the US and share what they’ve learned.
“Smugglers convince them to sell all their properties and tell them someone will greet them when they get here, which oftentimes doesn’t happen and they end up stranded in Tijuana.”