Border surge sends prices soaring; smugglers can earn $200,000
Cartels, smugglers on track for biggest payday in history
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, June 8, 2021
This is the first in a three-part series.
Victoria Perez spent 10 months as a migrant smuggler. When agents finally caught up with her, she told them she had made $200,000 over that time, working two days a week, driving migrants through a Border Patrol highway checkpoint near El Paso, Texas.
She charged $1,500 per person when the checkpoint was operating but only $600 when the checkpoint was closed because the risk was low and the roads were wide open, she told agents.
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