Centenial Celebration

Transaction Search Form: please type in any of the fields below.

Date: March 28, 2024 Thu

Time: 9:38 am

Results for coyotes

2 results found

Author: Dudley, Steven

Title: Transnational Crime in Mexico and Central America: Its Evolution and Role in International Migration

Summary: The growth of organized crime in Mexico and Central America has dramatically increased the risks that migrants face as they attempt to cross the region. Encountering rising threats posed by Mexican drug traffickers, Central American gangs, and corrupt government officials, migrants increasingly are forced to seek the assistance of intermediaries known as polleros, or “coyotes.” Those unable to afford a coyote are more likely to be abused or kidnapped, and held for ransom along the way.

Details: Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2012. 25p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 4, 2012 at: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/RMSG-TransnationalCrime.pdf

Year: 2012

Country: Central America

URL: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/RMSG-TransnationalCrime.pdf

Shelf Number: 127114

Keywords:
Coyotes
Drug Trafficking
Gang Violence
Immigration
Migration
Organized Crime (Mexico/Central America)

Author: Coombs, Kyle

Title: Do U.S. Border Enforcement Operations Increase Human Smuggling Fees Along the U.S.-Mexico Border?

Summary: Undocumented migrants frequently hire border crossing experts, called "coyotes" to facilitate a successful, safer crossing. U.S. border enforcement actively counters these migrants. U.S. measures of enforcement and coyote fees grew together during the 20th century, suggesting a connection between enforcement and the coyote market. This paper tests the effect of border patrol agents and operations on coyote fees using a dataset compiled from the Mexican Migration Project, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, the Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Sentencing Commission. I do not find a significant connection between coyote fees and border enforcement, but do show that average prison time along the border acted as a shifter of supply prior to 2005.

Details: St. Paul, MN: Macalester College, 2014. 65p.

Source: Internet Resource: Economics Honors Projects, Paper 57: Accessed February 7, 2015 at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=economics_honors_projects

Year: 2014

Country: United States

URL: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=economics_honors_projects

Shelf Number: 134556

Keywords:
Border Patrol
Border Security
Coyotes
Human Smuggling
Migration
Undocumented Migrants (U.S.)