How online myths drive migrants

Migrants linking arms with each other as they wade into the rio Grande river with intentions to cross into Eagle pass, texas. — reuters

SEEKING a better life in the United States, migrant Nohe Vargas spent months dodging police as he weaved a slow way north by bus and motorbike from his home in Nicaragua.

Taking refuge at a migrant camp in Mexico City, the 32-year-old cook is now in a hurry to breach the US-Mexico border.