The Border Patrol had just changed shifts — prime time for smuggling. Some Border Patrol agents believe everyone in colonia De La Cruz is involved in immigrant smugglingRoma’s location makes it an ideal smuggling spot. Donato Garza watches a Border Patrol agent search for footprints in an empty lot where immigrants emerge after crossing the border illegally. A smuggler jumps to spy Border Patrol agents before ferrying migrants across the river. Some whisper that another neighbor never gets caught smuggling because she placed a spell on the Border Patrol.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2018 11:02 UTC