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Héctor Ríos Morales

Trafficking Humans Into The U.S. Has Become A $100 Million A Year Business For Criminal Groups

Migrants mostly form Central America wait in line to cross the border at the Gateway International Bridge into the US from Matamoros, Mexico to Brownsville, Texas, on June 4, 2024. (Credit: Getty Images)

Drug trafficking cartels in Mexico have turned to human smuggling and trafficking as another way to make money. By operating kidnapping and extortion rings, criminal groups manage to raise millions of dollars every year at the expense of vulnerable people.

In northern Mexico, a recent confidential intelligence report shared by news outlet Milenio says that criminal groups make more than $100 million every year along the Chihuahua-Texas border alone.

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