They gathered at dawn in this railyard in southern Mexico, contemplating their next move: catching a ride on the roof of La Bestia (The Beast) — the name migrants use for the notorious freight train that winds its way through Mexico toward the United States.
The train has reemerged as a preferred mode of travel for Central American migrants crossing Mexico en route to the U.S.
Migrants risk life and limb to jump Mexico trains in rush to border
Victims of 'La Bestia,' Mexico's notorious migrant train, learn to walk again
Photos: Crackdown on migrants in Mexico - Los Angeles Times
Photos: Crackdown on migrants in Mexico - Los Angeles Times
Hundreds of migrants in southern Mexico board 'The Beast' heading north
The Caravana of Central American Mothers in Mexico: Performances of Devotional and Saintly Motherhood on a Transnational Stage-in-Motion, Theatre Research International
He's been deported twice and survived bandits, trains and swamps, but this Honduran immigrant remains hopeful about reaching the U.S. - Los Angeles Times
He's been deported twice and survived bandits, trains and swamps, but this Honduran immigrant remains hopeful about reaching the U.S. - Los Angeles Times
Mexico's dangerous 'Beast' trains take migrants to US border
As Mexico cracks down on migrants, more risk the dangerous train known as La Bestia - Los Angeles Times
Thousands of migrants risk death on 'The Beast
Mexico cracks down on migrants hitching ride to US on freight train known as 'The Beast