Have you ever wanted to get shot at by police, beaten up by narcs, and chased through a swamp of raw sewage? Well then, we have the tourist attraction for you! No, really.
Two years ago, when I first heard about the “border-crossing experience” in Hidalgo, Mexico, I did a double take.
“A what?” I asked.
“A border-crossing experience,” my friend said. “You pretend to cross into the United States illegally.”
“People do this? Willingly?”
“Yep.”
Freddie Agustin explains why anyone would want to do a mock illegal border crossing. (Photo: Andrew Rothschild)
Obviously, I had to go check it out.
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