Brazen Canadian ‘coyotes’ smuggling migrants across the northern border — even advertising on TikTok

NY Post ^ | 2/15/25 | Gabrielle Fahmy

[Libloather]

Smugglers are brazenly using TikTok to advertise their human-trafficking services across the Canada-US border — undercutting the Great White North’s position as it tries to hammer out a critical deal with the US on tariffs and security, The Post has learned.

For close to a year, the Canadian “coyotes” — who largely target Indian nationals — promise a hassle-free trip to the States for as much as $5,000, with new border-crossing accounts popping up every time others are removed from the platform.

The posts often feature a US flag waving over a wooded northern border, set to Indian music, urging wannabe border crossers to DM them for more details.

“Payment after reach,” reads one post, while another assures “100% safe.”

The competition can be cutthroat — “$4,000 cheapest in market,” one post reads.

Northern crossings have fallen from an average of around 4,500 Indian nationals nabbed each month before President Trump took office, to 2,900 since, according to US Customs and Border Protection data — but the Post has identified at least half a dozen of these coyote accounts still operating on TikTok.

The Post contacted one smuggler, who said it would cost $4,500 for one person to get to cross into the Empire State from Montreal.

[packagingguy]

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[LouAvul]

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[packagingguy]

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