May 01, 2024
Deadly human smuggling through Mexico thrives in ‘perfect cycle of impunity’
A new collaboration from ICIJ and media partners in Latin America, Europe and the United States documents nearly 19,000 migrants’ dangerous journeys to the U.S. border in cargo trucks. The smuggling business has historically been controlled by a loose network of smugglers called coyotes or polleros. But it has grown to generate an estimated billions of dollars a year for cartels.