4
If they were able to avoid the authorities, kidnappers and narco-cartels up to this point, migrants still face a hike across the desert or a boat ride to cross into the US
1
Customs and migration controls can be easily avoided on back roads
2
Migrants have to hike across hills or farm fields to get around border control points
3
Mexican authorities are catching more migrants with bus inspections and checkpoints
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
El Salvador
Guatemala
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of
Mexico
500 miles
500 km
Mexico City
US
Mexico
Key points on the route for children
smuggled from El Salvador
4
If they were able to avoid the authorities, kidnappers and narco-cartels up to this point, migrants still face a hike across the desert or a boat ride to cross into the US
1
Customs and migration controls can be easily avoided on back roads
2
Migrants have to hike across hills or farm fields to get around border control
3
Mexican authorities are catching more migrants with bus inspections and checkpoints
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
El Salvador
Guatemala
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
500 miles
500 km
Mexico City
US
Mexico
Key points on the route for children
smuggled from El Salvador
4
If they were able to avoid the authorities, kidnappers and narco-cartels up to this point, migrants still face a hike across the desert or a boat ride to cross into the US
3
At the prompting of the US, Mexican authorities are catching more migrants with bus inspections and checkpoints near Acayucan and the Federal District
1
Customs and migration controls can be easily avoided on back roads
2
Migrants have to hike across hills or farm fields to get around border control points
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
Villahermosa
Key points on the route for children smuggled from El Salvador
California
Arizona
New
Mexico
El Salvador
Guatemala
Texas
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
500 miles
500 km
Mexico City
US
Mexico
Acayucan
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
Villahermosa
California
Arizona
New
Mexico
El Salvador
Guatemala
Texas
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
500 miles
500 km
Mexico City
US
Mexico
Acayucan
1
Customs and migration controls can be easily avoided on back roads
2
Migrants have to hike across hills or farm fields to get around border control
3
Mexican authorities are catching more migrants with bus inspections and checkpoints
4
If they were able to avoid the authorities, kidnappers and narco-cartels up to this point, migrants still face a hike across the desert or a boat ride to cross into the US
Key points on the route for children smuggled from El Salvador