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exposethecriminals ago

Someone asked what a coyote was then deleted their question. Since I had already written my response I'll post it for anyone who is not sure what coyotes are. If anyone has a better explanation, or more info, please add it, thanks.

Coyotes pose as smugglers but are actually human traffickers. This article provides a good example:

A Smuggled Girl’s Odyssey of False Promises and Fear -- A Central American Dream

The coyotes start off "nice," advertising on the radio in Guatemala:

EL PARAÍSO, Guatemala — The smugglers advertised on the radio as spring bloomed into summer: “Do you want to live better? Come with me.”

Then the dream turns into a nightmare of lies, abuse, starvation, extortion, requirement of property deeds, loan sharking, human trafficking, sex slavery, oh, and not sure if it's in this article, but coyotes also provide fake birth certificates and passports, etc.

About what you imagined, I'm sure.

I learned something new from this article -- immigrants do not pay these thousands of dollars to coyotes -- they owe it to them!

The article stated that once the coyotes threaten violence if payments are not made on time, people turn to banks to pay the coyotes....So the banks are involved.

Vindicator ago

So the banks are involved.

Interesting