Guatemalan immigrant paid $130 to 'RENT' an eight-year-old boy so he could illegally cross the border more easily by posing as part of a family
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- Maynor Velasquez Molina sought the boy out after hearing that it would be 'easier to get into the United States with a child,' officials said in the complaint
- Molina, of Guatemala, was indicted March 27 on a charge of human smuggling
- It's one example of what the Trump administration has said is a growing crisis – the trafficking of children in an effort to get around federal immigration laws
- Border Patrol's Yuma division has recorded more than 700 fraudulent family claims since October – including adults claiming to be unaccompanied minors
- Federal officials deployed more resources to the border to combat the issue
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