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Now, though, he says the images of his countrymen with their wrists in zip ties being dragged away has made him change his plans, at least for the time being.
Elias had even saved funds for a people smuggler, a man like Jimmy, though that's not his real name.
For two decades, Jimmy made a living out of taking people across Mexico, considered the most treacherous part of the trip to the US.
But, he explains, President Trump's draconian immigration policies aren't just affecting the legal economy in Honduras via remittances, but the illegal economy too.
Many coyotes, or people smugglers, says Jimmy, are charging double, as much as $25,000 to $30,000 per person.
Whether it is migrants deported by ICE or self-deporting, the Honduran government has a responsibility towards them when they return.
The left-wing administration of President Xiomara Castro launched a support program called Brother Sister Coming Home, involving some clothes, health checks and a small stipend.
One thing is clear.
The Trump administration's policies are undoubtedly having an impact in Honduras.
And while it's partly in the form of more remittances, the economic boost may only be temporary.
Cameras in a national park in China, located near the border with Russia, have spotted something remarkable, a Siberian tiger family that includes five cubs.
It's China's first documented case of a tiger having quintuplets in the wild and comes after careful conservation work to protect these endangered animals.
It's thought the litter was born in June.
Jonathan Slatt is the regional director of
of the Wildlife Conservationist Society's Asia programme.
He told Paul Henley more about the discovery.
For a female Amur tiger or Siberian tiger to give birth to five cubs and have them survive as long as these five seem to have survived is pretty remarkable.
Usually a litter is two to three, sometimes four cubs.
And, you know, in order to, first of all, give birth to any cub, even one, a tigress has to be in incredible physical condition, right?
She needs to be at the top of her game.