This señora has "pelotas."
The Associated Press: Felicitas Gurrola stands out at a time when the migrant smuggling business has turned increasingly violent and is dominated by large, mostly male organizations that choose perilous routes through remote mountains and deserts. ... Gurrola is an 84 year old woman. ...
... the octogenarian headed a mostly female group that led up to 80 people a month to San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. ... The organization handled between 40 and 80 migrants a month, charging $3,500 each... That amounts to monthly revenue of about $280,000 in peak times. ... Gurrola has agreed to plead guilty Friday.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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