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At just 23, Max didn’t plan on becoming a human trafficker — but once he got a taste of the money, power, and fast life that came with being a “coyote,” there was no turning back.

This is the shocking true story of how one young man became caught in the deadly world of human smuggling across the U.S. border — and how greed and adrenaline turned his choices into crimes with devastating consequences.




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