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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  A woman pays a rafter (balsero) who brought her across the Rio Suchiate to Hidalgo, Mexico, about 20 miles from Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  A man in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the Rio Suchiate, which is the border between Mexico and Guatemala, shaves while he waits to enter Mexico illegally on their way to the US. They plan to catch a freight train in Tapachula to ride north to Mexico City. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Mexican soldiers search people from Guatemala who crossed the Rio Suchiate illegally to enter Mexico near Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the Rio Suchiate, which is the border between Mexico and Guatemala, wait to enter Mexico illegally on their way to the US. They plan to catch a freight train in Tapachula to ride north to Mexico City. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004 --  TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People from Guatemala pay the rafters who brought them across the Rio Suchiate to the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Mexican soldiers search people from Guatemala who crossed the Rio Suchiate illegally to enter Mexico near Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Mexican soldiers search people from Guatemala who crossed the Rio Suchiate illegally to enter Mexico near Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Raft operators (balseros) in Hidalgo, Mexico, near Tapachula, on the Rio Suchiate, wait for customers under a mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People from Guatemala ride on rafts across the Rio Suchiate towards the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People in the Mexican immigration department's detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, wait to be repatriated to their countries of origin. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People in the Mexican immigration department's detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, wait to be repatriated to their countries of origin. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People in the Mexican immigration department's detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, wait to be repatriated to their countries of origin. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004 --  TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  A couple for Honduras waits in the train yards in the Mexican town of Tapachula, hoping to hop the freight trains north on their way to the US. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  A couple for Honduras waits in the train yards in the Mexican town of Tapachula, hoping to hop the freight trains north on their way to the US. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004   -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:   A man crippled while he tried to hop a freight train to get to the US rests in a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A raft operator (balsero) brings people from Guatemala to Mexico near Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Border crossers from Central America are searched by a Mexican Grupo Beto officer in the train yards in the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula, hoping to hop the freight trains north on their way to the US. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People from Central America wait in the train yards in the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula, hoping to hop the freight trains north on their way to the US. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People in the Mexican immigration department's detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, wait to be repatriated to their countries of origin. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People from Central America wait in the train yards in the Mexican town of Hidalgo, near Tapachula, hoping to hop the freight trains north on their way to the US. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  People in the Mexican immigration department's detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, wait to be repatriated to their countries of origin. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  A man crippled while he tried to hop a freight train to get to the US rests in a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:   A man crippled while he tried to hop a freight train to get to the US rests in a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2003 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A man crippled while he tried to hop a freight train to get to the US rests in a shelter in Tapachula, Mexico. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JULY 2004  -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Immigrants from Guatemala are returned to the Guatemalan side of the Mexico - Guatemala border near Tapachula, Mexico. They were caught trying to sneak into Mexico to get to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004 --  TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JULY 2004 --  TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  Illegal immigrants from Central America in Mexico try to hop freight trains north to the interior of Mexico on their way to the United States. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JULY 2004 -- TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO:  A raft operator (balsero) in Hidalgo, Mexico, about 20 miles from Tapachula, loads his raft with corn flakes he is smuggling to Guatemala. Tapachula is center of the smuggling industry between Mexico and Guatemala. Consumer goods are smuggled south to Guatemala (to avoid paying Guatemalan import duties) and people are smuggled north into Mexico. Most of the people coming north are hoping to eventually get to the United States. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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