Feb 26, 2024 · 431K views · 📍 Tucson, AZ · Arivaca, AZ · Sasabe, AZ · Lukeville, AZ · Nogales, AZ
Nick Shirley investigates the US-Mexico border in Arizona, filming migrant shelters, NGO desert camps, and migrants crossing through gaps in the border wall. He and interviewees allege that non-profits and NGOs are working with cartels to facilitate human and child trafficking and are funded by taxpayer dollars and charities.
Programs involved: CBP One app
Figures below are claims made in the video, shown with the status stated there — this site does not verify them. Disclaimer
Estimated daily cartel earnings from fentanyl, methamphetamine, and human smuggling.
“it's estimated they're making at least $200 million a day”
Stated by Army investigator interviewee
Amount migrants reportedly pay the cartel to cross the US border.
“each of them have paid between $5 to $10,000 to cross the US border”
Stated by Nick Shirley
~ = name reconstructed from garbled auto-captions; verify before quoting.
All figures are as stated in the video — most are allegations, not adjudicated findings. Every dollar figure links to the timestamp where it is said. Extraction QA: All three claims are accurately transcribed and correctly attributed to Nick Shirley and the army investigator interviewee. Entities are well-supported by the transcript, with reasonable ASR reconstructions noted (Unitarian Universalist Church, Arivaca, Sasabe). No hallucinations detected.