SAN MARCOS, Guatemala (AP) A near-death experience in the Arizona desert a year ago wont deter Francisco Pérez from another attempt to migrate to the U.S., nor will an increased police presence in southern Mexico.
The 23-year-old Guatemalan teacher and auto mechanic hopes to set out again soon to repay the $7,000 he owes from his first trip, when he and two other young men got lost for a week in the desert before being rescued by the U.S. border patrol.
On the seventh day, facing severe dehydration, the group resorted to drinking their own urine.
Each of us urinated in a bottle and then strained it with the corner of our pants, said Perez, rubbing his hands together as he recalled the day he thought would be his last.
