La Bestia ("The Beast"), also known as El Tren de la Muerte ("The Train of Death") and El Tren de los Desconocidos ("The Train of the Unknowns"), is a freight train that starts its route in Chiapas state in southern Mexico, near the border of Guatemala.

Jun 5, 2014 · Thousands of migrants ride atop the trains, known as La Bestia, or The Beast, during their long and perilous journey through Mexico to the U.S. There's a network of freight trains that runs the...

Nov 16, 2023 · Each month, Mexican freight trains unwillingly serve thousands of undocumented people from across Latin America and beyond, and they call these trains la bestia, or The Beast. In 2018, I...

May 11, 2023 · For more than a decade, desperate migrants crossing Mexico on their way to the US border have risked their lives to hop a series of fast-moving freight cars — referred to collectively as La...

May 10, 2023 · In Ciudad Juárez, migrants are increasingly arriving — by the hundreds — on a freight train so dangerous it is known either as “the beast” or “the train of death.” Ruben Soto, right, a...

Aug 8, 2022 · El tren de la muerte (“The Death Train”), also known as La Bestia (“The Beast”) and El tren de los desconocidos (“The train of the unknowns”), refers to a network of Mexican freight trains used by migrants, mainly from Central America, to travel the length of Mexico on their way to the United States.It is estimated that 400,000 ...

Oct 14, 2011 · Every year, thousands of undocumented migrants cling to the wagons of "the Beast", a freight train that runs from southern Mexico to the US-Mexican border, braving bandits, immigration...

CELAYA, Mexico (Reuters) - Twelve hours after he scrambled atop a boxcar on a freight train that hurtled through Mexico towards the U.S. border, Roni Osorio could no longer fight sleep.

Sep 10, 2014 · As many as half a million Central American immigrants annually hop aboard freight trains colloquially known as “La Bestia,” or the beast, on their journey to the United States. The cargo trains, which run along multiple lines, carry products north for export.

Nov 18, 2024 · A new documentary will tell the story of The Beast - or The Train of Death - an infamous freight train that carries thousands of migrants on one of the most dangerous journeys through Mexico ...