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Honduran migrant, 51, 'purchased a six-month-old baby for $80 in Guatemala so that he could seek asy

Narrative is they're all families fleeing from horrendous situations seeking asylum.

"Honduran migrant, 51, 'purchased a six-month-old baby for $80 in Guatemala so that he could seek asylum as a family when he crossed the U.S. border'

 

  • U.S. border agents arrested Amilcar Guiza-Reyes, who admitted to buying a six-month-old baby in Guatemala for $80
  • Guiza-Reyes was nabbed after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border May 7 
  • The Honduran migrant told immigration authorities he purchased the infant in the Guatemalan town of Huehuetenango
  • The undocumented immigrant said he was told that family units presenting asylum petitions were favored at the southern U.S.  border
  • Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said that migrants were paying more than $1,000 to rent or buy children
  • More than 5,000 fraudulent families have been detected over the last eight weeks by HSI investigators at the border, officials say   ...."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7311477/Honduran-migrant-51-bought-baby-80-Guatemala-seek-asylum-U-S-border.html

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