Human Smugglers Charging Up To 15 000 Per Person For U.S. Border Crossing
With $8,000 equal to 192,800 Honduran Lempiras (HNL), the cost of crossing doubles the value of the nation’s most typical salary of 96,275 HNL, according to Average Salary Survey. This phenomenon looks similar across Central America’s Northern Triangle. In El Salvador, $8,000 equals almost 70,000 Salvadoran Colón (SVC), with the most typical salary being over $61,000 (SVC). In Guatemala $8,000 equals over $61,800 Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ) while the most typical salary totals over $92,000 GTQ....