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Guatemala migrants deported despite debts owed for crossing into US / 36UB8PV
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Guatemalan Ericka Morales is one of many migrants who have incurred massive debts to pay "coyotes" to help them cross into the United States, driven by the fear of being kidnapped by gangs that have turned migration into a million-dollar business.
On January 10, ten days before Donald Trump's inauguration, Morales was deported from Texas, leaving behind a debt of over $15,000. "The journey is terrible, and so is the return," she says. "Now I have to keep fighting here to pay off the remaining debt," she adds. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES