Following Donald Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election, drug cartels and human trafficking organizations operating along the southern border have raised their smuggling prices.
The increase in “fees” from these cartel smugglers is being credited to a new sense of urgency among illegal aliens trying to cross the border before Trump’s return to the Oval Office in January, according to Breitbart.
Reports from Sonora, Mexico, a popular point of departure for those attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully, indicate that the cost of smuggling services has nearly doubled in recent weeks.
The standard fee for crossing the border, which had been around $5,000 per person in recent months, has surged to at least $10,000 per person, according to a report from Mexico-city-based newspaper Excelsior. Other smuggling services provided by cartels, such as the use of vehicles to cross private land, have allegedly risen in price from $15,000 to as much as $20,000.
Illegal aliens coming from other countries farther away, such as China, have seen even steeper price hikes, with some paying upwards of $55,000 for help to get across the border. In 2023 alone, 24,000 Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross the southern border, a huge increase from the year before, reported Breitbart. […]
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