Fake Border Crossing Is Amusement Park Attraction

By Irina Zhorov, Fronteras

An unusual amusement park attraction in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo offers visitors the thrills and chills of an illegal border crossing. The attraction takes visitors through a fake United States-Mexico border, complete with fake smugglers and fake threatening border patrol agents.

The aim is to dissuade would be migrants from making the trip.

The actual U.S.-Mexico border is nearly 800 miles away from the Parque EcoAlberto. EcoAlberto is where the indigenous HñaHñu community lives and where it runs a recreational park with attractions like hot springs, rappelling and, more recently, this fake border crossing for tourists.

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