Illegal Immigrant: Reports in Central America Encourage Trek North

‘Go to America with your child, you won’t be turned away.’

Illegal Immigrant: Reports in Central America Encourage Trek North (KRGV)

McALLEN - Central Americans say news reports in their countries are encouraging them to make the journey north to the United States.

A mother and child told CHANNEL 5 NEWS that the message being disseminated in their country is, "go to America with your child, you won't be turned away."

The woman, Nora Griselda Bercian Diaz, from Guatemala, said she endured threats from the Zetas and extortion from corrupt Mexican police. She eventually crossed the Rio Grande with her 6-year-old Delmi Griselda Paul Bercian by her side.

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