Assignment: Border Stories, part 2 - Coyotes and Kidnap

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🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Thousands of people every day are on the move across Mexico towards the border with the US. But for migrants, this is one of the most perilous journeys in the world: land routes are dominated by powerful drug cartels and organised crime groups.

In this episode of Border Stories, Linda Pressly hears terrifying stories of kidnap and extortion from those who have risked everything to enter the United States.

The US/Mexico border has become the most important battleground for Americans in this year’s presidential election, but it seems no one can stop the men with guns who operate with impunity south of the border in Mexico.

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0:00.0	Hi Namalanta Combo here with some very exciting news.
0:04.0	Dear Daughter is back for a new series.
0:07.0	I'm putting together a handbook to life for daughters everywhere
0:10.0	full of stories and advice to help navigate life.
0:13.0	That's Dear Daughter from the BBC World Service.
0:16.0	Find it wherever you get your BBC Podcasts.
0:19.0	This is the documentary from the BBC World Service. I'm Linda Presley and for assignment
0:26.8	we're back with more border stories. My name is Randa Quiroz and I'm a part of a small group called the Arizona, California
0:41.2	humanitarian coalition. One of the things that we saw is Arizona, California Humanitarian Coalition.
0:43.2	One of the things that we saw is the need for humanitarian effort to provide water, something
0:51.5	to eat to individuals who are seeking asylum.
0:57.0	Early morning in Yuma County, South Arizona,
1:00.0	and we're driving along a dirt road beside the American's colossal rust-red border fence.
1:05.6	We're on the Mexican side of that barrier, but we're still on US soil because the
1:12.3	international boundary actually runs down the middle of the now completely dry Colorado River around 50 meters from us.
1:20.0	It's one of the many places where migrants cross the border into the US.
1:24.0	Once they've made it here, they wait to surrender to border patrol officers
1:28.0	to begin the process of asking for asylum.
1:31.0	Every day, Fernando Kiroz brings water, sandwiches, and blankets for the new arrivals.
1:38.0	I am a son of immigrants, as many of us are here in this country.
1:42.0	Our parents,
1:43.0	who are ancestors, made a decision to come to this country for a better life.
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