TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Frustrated by a long wait in Mexico for his U.S. asylum application and fearful of being returned to El Salvador, 30-year-old Omar Gonzalez said he would pay a smuggler to take him on the perilous journey north across the border to the United States.
"I have no other way out because if I go back to my country they'll kill me," Gonzalez said.
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