Mexicos train of death: Entry into the Land of the Free isnt merely unlikely – its potentially lethal The freight network that crosses Mexico, also known as El tren de la muerte (the death train), is one of the very few ways immigrants can avoid the myriad checkpoints and 48 detention centres on the way into the promised land – yet the risks of riding it are precipitous. The 1,450-mile journey that typically begins in Arriaga, Chiapas, in the south of the country, requires the migrants to board, ride on top of, and leap from up to 15 different trains – and accidents are not uncommon, from lethal falls while asleep to the loss of limbs in mechanical calamities.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:11:10 +0000
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