India: Nightmare for Gujarati man as his dream of going to America lands him in hospital

An Indian man from the northern state of Gujarat, whose dream to go to America, albeit illegally through the Mexico border, landed in all sorts of problems after things didn’t go according to plans.

Priyank Patel, 34, from Mehsana district, had agreed with human traffickers to transport them across the border illegally for a sum of Rs15 million, but he could only manage to cough up Rs1 million, according to a report in the Times of India.

He and his family (wife and three children — aged 12, 7 and 5), who had flown directly from Delhi to Mexico, were then held captive in Cancun, Mexico until Priyank could manage to pay them the balance payment.

The gang tortured the family for more than a week, and seeing their pain, Priyank pleaded with the gang to at least release his wife and kids as only half a million rupees had to be paid, the report said.