More Border Blues
"Tougher security along the U.S.-Mexico border is forcing migrants to take more dangerous, remote routes to cross into the United States and pushing up the number of deaths in the desert. This year could see a record of well over 500 such deaths.
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Ecuadorean computer technician Agustina Herrera paid people smugglers $14,000 to slip into the United States illegally two years ago, swimming the Rio Grande, tramping through swamps and nearly dying from snake bites. Now, after being deported last week from Kentucky, she is preparing to tackle the tough crossing all over again."
Two pieces filed by ROBIN EMMOTT for Reuters.