In Mexico, Drug Cartels Recruit Vulnerable Central American Migrants Deborah Bonello - Agence France-Presse
go to original July 18, 2013

Organized Crime Recruits Migrants In Mexico (AFP/PigMine4)

Mexico's drug cartels are increasingly recruiting undocumented Central American migrants to join their ranks, non-governmental groups say.

Although the number of Mexicans making the journey north to the United States is at a low, Central Americans are streaming across Mexico from troubled countries like Honduras in search of a better life.

An estimated 200,000 crossed into Mexico illegally last year, the interior ministry says. Mostly poor and in desperate need of work, many of them find such job offers hard to resist.

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