Immigration Between Mexico and Guatemala

26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A man in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the Rio Suchiate, which is the border between Mexico and Guatemala, shaves while he waits to enter Mexico illegally on their way to the US. They plan to catch a freight train in Tapachula to ride north to Mexico City. 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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26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A man in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the Rio Suchiate, which is the border between Mexico and Guatemala, shaves while he waits to enter Mexico illegally on their way to the US. They plan to catch a freight train in Tapachula to ride north to Mexico City. 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