MEXICO. Ciadad Hidalgo. 2007. Mexican soldiers along the Suchiate river, which is the border between Mexico and Guatemala. In the background are balsas (rafts) ferrying passengers and goods back and forth between Tecun Uman, Guatemala and Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. Mexican soldiers sporadically check travelers between the nations and, according to accounts from Central American migrants, demand bribes to let migrants travel north.