Guinea accused of advising citizens to pose as minors with fake passports to enter US

According to an internal memo from the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector Intelligence Unit, some citizens entering the country’s borders have altered their ages on their passports, posing as unaccompanied minors for better chances of immigration.

Accusing Guinean government authorities of involvement in the situation, the internal memo noted, “Officials from the Guinean government may be advising people obtaining new passports they can change their age for them to have a better chance of entering the United States as minors,” portions of the alert were quoted by Fox News.

“It’s suspected that Guinean passports issued in Conakry after June of 2023 are most likely fraudulent or altered,” the memo added.

The alert further noted that an illegal group operating from the country’s capital in Conakry has stolen blank passports from the ministry and is printing and issuing fake passports for citizens.

According to Former Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, Guinea’s system is broken hence the infiltration of government officials who are using dubious ways to migrate citizens.

This comes in the face of a recent migration of about 170 Guinean nationals through the southern border in December 2023.