Traffickers Used Facebook Posts To Lure Migrants For Illegal Trek To U.S.

migrantsSara Carter – Upon first glance, postings on a Facebook “buy and sell” classified page in Central America appear as innocuous travel listings for trips from Guatemala to the United States. In fact, they are anything but innocuous.

These postings are operated by criminal human trafficking organizations, according to multiple sources who spoke to SaraACarter.com. Smuggling organizations use the social media platform to lure potential migrants, promising security, ‘special rates’ for those traveling with minor children and ‘financing’ to make the roughly 1,500 mile trek from Guatemala to the U.S. Mexico border. Continue reading

Tijuana Mayor: The “Real Criminals” are Those Who Organized the Caravans

migrantsRestore American Glory – The left’s least-favorite Mexican, Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastélum, said in an interview with Fox News this week that he held the organizers of the migrant caravans personally responsible for putting people’s lives in danger.

“Those are the real criminals,” he said of the organizers, “because they’re dealing with the lives of people.”

The mayor said that Tijuana residents were reaching their collective limit with the thousands of migrants who are currently camping out in a soccer stadium, among other locations in the city. Because the migrants cannot enter the U.S. and because the Mexican government is doing little to relieve the situation, the city of Tijuana is being forced to bear the costs of providing aid to the weary travelers. Continue reading