It looks like Mount Pleasant High School in Rhode Island is soliciting donations from teachers to pay a debt to a cartel that trafficked a studen

This is the teacher who sent the request. Her bio shouldn't surprise anyone.

[link to www.strategymatters.org (secure)]

I think it is a scam by the teacher and/or parents/kid. Coyotes don't have a credit system. Kid wouldn't be allowed in without cash at the border.

And where are the parents? If the kid is enrolled in school in Rhode Island, wouldn't that mean the parents are nearby?