NEW: Held for Ransom in Animal Pens, #Migrants Face Mass Kidnappings as U.S. and #Mexico Ramp Up Enforcement

Cartel-affiliated gangs have created an industrial-scale extortion racket that involves kidnapping large numbers of migrants in southern Mexico as the U.S. pressures Mexican authorities to stop people from reaching the U.S. #border.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-mexico-us-migrants-mass-kidnappings-cartels-border