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Texas -- There’s a new twist to report in human trafficking. It’s about smugglers that you’d expect to find studying, but instead the high school students are helping illegals sneak into the U.S.
A crackdown on coyotes, or illegal immigrant smugglers, has traffickers looking for new strategies.
“The trend has been shifting to juveniles,” said Todd Garrison, Dona Ana County Sheriff.
The sheriff of this county that borders Mexico told us his deputies noticed about six months ago the smugglers were getting Younger.
“High school kids. Yeah, high school kids,” said the sheriff.
Posted by tyne at December 4, 2006