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Crossing the Mexican US border
El Alberto, Hidalgo
Mexico
June 2, 2007
The Eco-Alberto park, in El Alberto, state of Hidalgo, Mexico is run by a community of ñañu Indians. The park is a protected area for camping and swimming. On weekend nights the indians do the ?Caminata Nocturna? in which people, a 200 pesos fee - $20, can experience what it is like to cross the Mexican ? US border.
There were about 100 people on the night of June 2 who traveled by the light of the full moon on foot through a muddy and thorny terrain for 4 hours, traveling 8 kilometers while being chassed by the US border patrol. The patrol had police cars with flood-lights, sirens and guns that were occasionally fired.
At 10PM people, including children, load up on flatbed trucks that take them to the place where they will cross the US border.
www.parqueecoalberto.com.mx.
