Travel by Foot

You start off with 420 quetzales ($57USD) and plan to cross Guatemala on foot. You enter Mexico and are met by a coyote looking for customers. He assures you that he can get you across safely, but he demands 5200 quetzales ($700USD) as payment. This is far more money than you had saved to start a new life in America. However, you do have a few valuables with you, including a wedding ring.

Hire a coyote to guide you across the territory

Pros:

You will be escorted by someone who knows the land much better than you

He is probably experienced in illegal migration

Cons:

You will spend a lot of money you don’t have and he could extort and kidnap you

Opt to traverse the territory alone

Pros:

You are less likely to get caught by border patrol.

Cons:

You are weak and running out of resources.

You could easily get lost.

http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1384-5-things-i-learned-sneaking-over-u.s.-mexico-border.html *

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/where-are-the-children

http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-2269-top-10-stories-of-2007-la-migra-comes-to-town.html

https://thinkprogress.org/what-its-really-like-to-cross-the-u-s-mexico-border-a375d80f3cc#.bq6mim7xz

*Cracked is an opinionated source that is typically satirical. However, this article is about one person’s experience crossing the Mexico/US border.