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Cross between guatemala to mexico. the other side of this bridge is the mexican state of mexico. most don't have documentation to go from one country to the other. so what they do is something you will not see between the united states and mexico or the united states and canada for that matter. not miles away, not hours away, right next to the legal border crossing, here are people who are walking across this river to get from guatemala to mexico. they walk, they swim, they also take rafts to illegally cross and what's amazing no one at this border station, even mexican or guatemalaen official...

This is the far more basic version. the muddy shores of the river. i'm here in guatemala. that behind me is mexico. these rafts that are made of wood and inner tubes, many people who want to get to the united states who come from el salvador, honduras, guatemala, get on these rafts, go across the border and go into mexico without any problem whatsoever. nothing has changed here. this is the way it's been for generations. people crossing the international frontier, despite the fact that about a ten-minute walk away from me to the right is the official border station where guatemalan and mexican...

Ready to go on this raft, made of huge inner tubes, and getting ready to cross into mexico and the united states. this river is active from sunrise to sunset. and in addition to all the police being here, not caring that people are crossing from guatemala into mexico, what's really amazing is a mile in this direction is the official border station. the official border station down there. so even though the border patrol people from guatemala and mexico work over there, they don't seem to care either. this is just a very active business. and the going rate right now for crossing is the equivale...

In this direction is the official border station. the official border station is right down there. even though the border patrol people for guatemala and mexico work over there, they don't seem to care either. this is a very active business. and the going rate right now for crossing is the equivalent of $1.30. and this is the family we just met, the little child and his parents. the man in the red shirt with the stick, he is the pilot of his raft. he is the guy that just got the $1.30. typically what happens is they will go to the other side. they'll go into mexico there are taxis vans and bic...

Right now we're in guatemala, the westernmost part of the country. across the river, the southernmost part of mexico. you can see throughout this river there are rafts of people who are trying to get across the border, and they're doing it very easily. this is very unlike the border going to the united states. we have to be secret about it. i want to give you a look here to give you an idea of how open this is. there are police here. there are police all over here. and no one minds that people are going across the river from here in guatemala into mexico. you can see this family of three, a mo...