Its not that they are soft-hearted. Its more that they think they are getting 'a deal' on a pure bred dog which might be $1000 or more here in the US at some pet store. I'm going to have to chalk this one up to Americans being stupid if they are going to Tijuana to buy things period.
The woman in the article bought the pups in San Diego.
I'm not interested in the stupidity of people, just in the suffering of the pups. I posted the article to call attention to this problem.