Smugglers Pulling In Young Accomplices Along Arizona-Sonora Border

Pulling In Young Accomplices
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION, AZ - DECEMBER 09: Pickup trucks abandoned by drug smugglers litter the Sonoran Desert on December 9, 2010 in the Tohono O'odham Reservation, Arizona, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The remote area is a favorite spot for smugglers and illegal immigrants to cross into the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION, AZ - DECEMBER 09: Pickup trucks abandoned by drug smugglers litter the Sonoran Desert on December 9, 2010 in the Tohono O'odham Reservation, Arizona, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The remote area is a favorite spot for smugglers and illegal immigrants to cross into the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

AGUA PRIETA, Sonora - Fernando Real hated to see his mother work minimum-wage jobs and barely scrape enough to pay the $100 rent for the room they shared.

To not have enough money to buy new shoes.

To be so close to schools across the border but not be able to enroll.

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