INTERVIEW WITH A COYOTE (12min. 51 sec.) Until a few years ago, a man we call Alejandro worked as a "coyote" along the Arizona-Sonora border -- assisting migrants without documents come to the United States. He worked during the 1990s and 2000s, a period when the coyote business transitioned from a "Mom and Pop" issue where his clients knew and trusted him, to a time when the business became "rationalized," and increasingly controlled by transnational organized crime syndicates. As the newly formed US Department of Homeland Security tightened its grip on the border, crossing in remote desert areas became more popular, and the job of the "coyote" became more lucrative. Organized criminals recognized this and began to seize control and reap profits along the more patrolled and fenced border that prevented undocumented workers without criminal connections or specialized border knowledge from entering the United States. Since the DHS and gang members employed by transnational criminal organizations have tightened their control over the border, smuggling people, guns and drugs across the border have become a more rationalized, profitable and much more dangerous businesses. Recognizing the dangers involved in working along this increasingly militarized and criminalized border, Alejandro stopped being a coyote. He says he would never work as a coyote again. His family needs him and he does not want to risk his life anymore. This is his story in his own words. NOTES: -- The US ...