Border Jumper Recruiting Ads

(Chiquimula, Guatemala) A local radio station is currently airing the following ad:

"We offer trips to the north, in quality buses, and it is only necessary to walk one hour at the border with Mexico. We take you only if you have relatives in the U.S., but we guarantee your arrival."

The people traffickers then “shamelessly” furnish their phone number; “due to the fact that in the eastern portion of the country there is great interest in emigration, people go for whatever is available.”

The radio station manager said that the ads are by a well known party who also uses other radio stations. ”Other small ads are placed in different printed media, many times disguised as excursions or vacations.”

Donald Gonzalez, an Immigration spokesman, said “This is nothing new, but the only thing these souces haven’t yet said is ‘I’m a coyote’“

Quality buses and only a short walk, what a deal! Apparently there are no impediments to conducting an illegal alien recruiting business in Guatemala. Somebody should shut down the operation.

Also: The Jawa Report