Heart and Soul: Religion, Migration and Mexico's Dangerous Road North BBC
go to original July 29, 2013

Human Trafficking in Mexico and the Priest who stands up to the gangs.

'Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States', a quotation often attributed to the former Mexican President, Porfirio Diaz. Nowhere does it feel more apt than in northern border states such as Coahuila, where Heart and Soul hears more stories of the migrants of central America.

Los Zetas are one of the most feared criminal cartels in South America. Their reputation for ruthless violence means they control vast areas of Mexico. The trade and trafficking of people is now one of their most lucrative earners, every day hundreds set off from Central America with the intention of making it accross the Rio Grande into America.

But its not just the heat, the vast deserts and unforgiving terrain that have to be navigated - Los Zetas and their fellow cartels have to be negotiated too.

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