As the United States continues to face rampant illegal crossing at the US-southern border with Mexico, migrant smugglers have publicly begun advertising transportation services via social media outlets, generating billions of dollars.
According to recent media reports, these new migrant smuggling social media “influencers” have been advertising illegal transportation into the homeland for more than $10,000 per person via TikTok videos.
The carte-linked human smugglers (coyotes in Spanish) have been posting high-quality promotional videos, which show them escorting illegal migrants across rivers.
The coyotes have public profiles on TikTok and YouTube, where they flaunt their schemes, mocking the US immigration system.