In southern Mexican state of Chiapas, twelve freight trains used by Central American illegal immigrants heading for the United States have been derailed in the past three months, costing twelve lives and many serious injuries.
The trains, known to the immigrants as the Beast, trundle along the length of Mexico, from Guatemala to the United States. Over their roofs they carry illegal passengers who are in constant danger from decapitations at low-hanging obstructions, loss of limbs in machine parts and falling as a result of extreme fatigue.
Fleeing their own countries where they claim life is impossible, the migrants . . .
