The migrant says he had been living on the streets of San Antonio for nearly a month when he met a woman named "Perla" who made a compelling offer.
She offered him clothes, food and money, he told CNN, and in exchange, he would go out and find other migrants to serve as passengers on flights to Massachusetts. She gave him $10 McDonald's gift cards to be given to those migrants who agreed to board the flights, and she told him to say that they and their kids would be treated well upon arrival.
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