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 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:49 am Post subject: Mexico's 'Migrant Mountain' |
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Mexico's 'Migrant Mountain'
Tourists pretend to be illegal migrants who are chased and shot
By Duncan Kennedy
BBC News, Mexico
Millions of migrants have crossed illegally from Mexico into the United States. Their experience could hardly be more real. But now at a controversial theme park in Mexico, tourists can pretend to be an illegal migrant.
Torch, check. Heavy boots, check. Willingness to hide under bushes, check. Ability to see in the dark, an advantage. Preparation for what, you might think? A hike across Dartmoor? Try a night out in a theme park.
But when I say theme park, do not think Alton Towers or Disneyland. Think, instead, illegal migrants. Because now you can pretend to be an illegal migrant at a theme park in Mexico.
They come to the Eco Alberto Park to be shot at, chased and to wade through fast-flowing rivers.
I myself developed a certain connection with one such river, but more on that later. Eco Alberto Park is about 700 miles from the border near Ixmiquilpan For the equivalent of $19.50 (�10), you can spend a night living like the millions of Mexicans who actually risked their lives crossing into the United States.
Except that here, the park is nowhere near the border and most people who turn up are about as likely to cross illegally into the United States as President George W Bush is to tunnel his way into Mexico.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6390297.stm |
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