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Immigration Between Mexico and Guatemala

06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Mexican soldiers search people from Guatemala who crossed the Rio Suchiate illegally to enter Mexico near Tapachula, Mexico. 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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06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Mexican soldiers search people from Guatemala who crossed the Rio Suchiate illegally to enter Mexico near Tapachula, Mexico. 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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