Drug gangs compete for bounty from human trafficking
Submitted by mexbiznews on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:13am
Global Post
Mexico has long been a trampoline for migrants from around the world trying to bounce over the Rio Grande into the United States. Now Mexico's drug gangs have become increasingly involved in the human trafficking business while the nation's prisons and police are under increased pressure from the crime wave.
Amid these conditions, the migrant issue has come to a boil in Mexico.
Immigration officials estimate that more than 300,000 undocumented foreigners pour through Mexico each year to try to sneak over the southern U.S. border.
