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mo4ch:>Not-so-homeland security: US to send DHS ‘advisers’ to Guatemala border | Mo4ch News

The US Department of Homeland Security is working with the Guatemalan government on the country’s northern border to stem the flow of migrants, reportedly sending dozens of agents south in an advisory capacity.DHS agents, acting as “advisers” to Guatemalan police and migration agencies, have been dispatched to “disrupt and interdict human smuggling operations” in the country, an anonymous official told the Washington Post, which reported as many as 80 law enforcement officials will be heading south to patrol Guatemala’s increasingly desolate borderlands.Also on rt.comProtesters torch US embassy doors in Honduras (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)Their joint mission involves “combating human trafficking and the smuggling of illegal goods, helping to limit ‘push’ factors that encourage dangerous irregular migration to the U.S.,” and stopping illegal financial flows, according to a DHS press release. Acting DHS secretary Kevin McAleenan spent most of the week in Guatemala meeting with local civic and NGO …