Coyotes double charge to Honduran migrants in Mexico

A troubled river, gain of "coyotes."

The tightening of the Government's policies of Donald Trump and that of Mexico to stop border crossings, fired the charges to migrants by the people traffickers.

To try to cross the Tamaulipas border, the Central American migrants, most of origin Honduran, and Mexicans reported paying the so-called "coyotes" or "polleros" since 800 dollars up to 12 thousand dollarsAt least double what they were charged before.

Migrants said they put together the money after selling some property, asking loans or with money They are sent by relatives from the United States.

In visits of Grupo REFORMA to hostels in Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros, the migrants also said that after paying the "guides", they receive a password that they have to say if someone asks for them and that is the guarantee for Don't be kidnapped.

Luis Eduardo Villarreal, founder of Casanicolás, said that before, migrants reported payments on average of $ 3,500

Now a Nicaraguan as Melvin, 23, who is housed in Matamoros, reported paying $ 8,500.

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Migrants interviewed were arrested by officers Americans and returned to wait on Mexico your date of asylum application hearing. They pay less money than those who aspire to rid the migratory agents.

"There are two types. There is the 'delivery', which is when you are going to surrender with the authorities of U.S, and 'that of jump', in which you don't have to surrender to Migration, and for that they charge approximately 12 thousand dollars because they supposedly leave you inside of U.S", said Delmya, a Salvadoran.

In Reynosa, in the Casa del Migrante Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Bryan and Ulises, both 21-year-old Mexicans, each paid $ 1,500 to cross them from Reynosa To united statesbut they were discovered.