Posted on 06/30/2016 11:48:53 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Human traffickers, who are finding increasingly creative ways to shuttle Central American migrants through Mexico to the U.S. border, have begun to use the Uber ride-sharing service.
On June 10, five vehicles carrying 34 Central American migrants were apprehended while traveling together between the northern Mexican states of Zacatecas and Coahuila, said Segismundo Doguin, a Coahuila state official at the National Migration Institute (INM).
Four of the vehicles were linked to the Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] platform, Doguin said, but it was unclear whether the human smugglers had hailed the drivers using the Uber app.
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Nice wat to bash Uber without any facts!
Four of the vehicles were linked to the Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] platform, Doguin said, but it was unclear whether the human smugglers had hailed the drivers using the Uber app.
So, did they call Uber or not? Headline not matching the story is getting all too common.
“Yes, that will be $18 for the taxi fare, an extra $3 for the burro, and $250,000 for the fine I’ll have to pay to ICE should I get caught.”
Apparently they have Uber in Mexico now.
Ok...the human smuggling aspect aside, it’s now illegal to drive someone to the border in Mexico? I don’t see where they actually took them across the border into the US. Or am I missing something?
Ban Tires!
oh, wrong thread.
Times are tough. Gotta save money any way you can these days...................
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