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Latin Times
Latin Times
Politics
Maria Villarroel

Mexican Authorities Could Be Working on 'Scheme' With Taxi Drivers to Pass Migrants Through Southern Border

The head of a migrant shelter in Tijuana said migrants are paying up to $500 to cab drivers to take them to the border, where immigration agents wait for them. (Credit: Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images)

Agents with Mexico's Institute of Immigration (INM), the authority in charge of regulating entry and exit of migrants in Mexico, are reportedly working with taxi drivers in a scheme to get undocumented migrants into the U.S.

The new report comes from Albert Rivera, the head of the Agape Shelter in Tijuana, who says migrants are paying up to $500 per person to cab drivers to take them to the border where INM agents are waiting for them.

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