Narciso “Chicho” Ramirez has spent time in prison on suspicion of smuggling migrants and was stripped of his U.S. visa. But in his hometown he’s mayor material — the man who helped hundreds of Salvadorans achieve “el sueno Americano” — the American dream. Now running for mayor, Ramirez says he stopped smuggling people in October 2001, when El Salvador made human trafficking a crime punishable by eight years in jail. But his reputation as a “coyote” — slang for smuggler — abides. “Here, they only say good things about Don Chicho,” said Blanca Rosa Coreas, 50. “He’s taken many people north, and they are grateful to him.” Full Story
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