Usually, these human smugglers who post their services on Facebook have links to more extensive organized-crime groups and are thought to be working in tandem with them to bring people into the US.
Surprisingly, since the report has been published, the Tech Transparency Project (the organization responsible for the report) has seen dozens more Facebook pages run by so-called "coyotes," with a combined total of tens of thousands of members.
The pages on many events brazenly show maps with the recommended routes marked on them in full public view, as well as other details about the offered trips, such as costs and even potential discount codes.
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The report also showed that many of these Facebook pages spread clear misinformation on the topic, ensuring planned clients that, once in the US, they will have "easy asylum," and changing and/or misrepresenting other facts about the US immigration system.
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One of the pages in question showed people with their faces blocked out, binding them at McAllen TX, a border city. The caption (translated from the original Spanish) states: "we are now in McAllen TX, thank God. Reynosa to Houston $5500," followed by a WhatsApp contact number.
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One page, in particular, was even named "El Coyote Lopez," and has been up since Dec. 2020. It highlights a WhatsApp button prominently presented where people can succeed to start talking with someone quickly.
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Another page called "Quiero Cruzar la Frontera" ("I Want to Cross the Border") has an eye-popping 44,000 members and has photos and even videos dating from the present day to several weeks ago, in which several illegal border passages are recorded.
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The following caption from the first post visible on the "Quiero Cruzar la Frontera" page reads, translated: "Good afternoon to everybody. I offer crossings to the US, either by foot or by car. Contact me at the info line number or by DM [on Facebook]."
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According to the Tech Transparency Project's website, after publishing the April report, the organization reached Facebook directly with evidence on 50 Facebook groups showing the clear violations of their Terms of Service. As of the day of this writing, 19 of those 50 pages continue to be in full operation.
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