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Yep! From the article"The trip cost $5,400, and the family had borrowed $2,600 of that, paying $2,000 the first week of the journey and another $600 the week before he died. They still owe the debt".

Where did this poor family get this money? This is made up, time will tell. If we had a real media, they would track this down.

That's been bugging me too, because we hear a lot of stories like this:

"There is no running or potable water and only a latrine in the family home. In the kitchen, there is food, tortillas or wheat atole, an oatmeal-like drink, but never enough... Gilberto slept on a piece of foam on the floor... The trip cost $5,400, and the family had borrowed $2,600 of that..."

Okay now... the older brother did this and can only send an average of $125 a month. At that rate, how long does it take to pay off a loan like this? Let's see... years! So how long before it actually turns a profit? Years! And is a 15 year old going to be able to do that? Doubtful.

And who is loaning them this money?? If they can loan them money for this, why not instead loan them money to...oh, I don't know, dig a well? Install a toilet? Buy seeds to plant food and expand the garden? Buy a cow? Buy some condoms so you don't keep having kids you can't feed?? I just... I just don't get this.