Amusement parque.The small town of El Alberto, in central Mexico, has built an obstacle course obstacle course n. 1. A training course filled with obstacles, such as ditches and walls, that must be negotiated speedily by troops undergoing training or participants in an obstacle race. 2. that mimics crossing the border illegally into the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For $13.50, tourists scramble down trails, wade in a river, and try to dodge la migra. If the mock migrants are caught, their hands are tied behind their backs, and they are loaded onto trucks. "Some get very scared," says guide Ponciano Alfonso Martinez Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the . "They say they don't want to play anymore." |
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