Immigration Between Mexico and Guatemala

27 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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27 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ