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Frontera Sur
Rodrigo Cruz

Frontera Sur

Every year, thousands of Central Americans from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras illegally enter Mexico via the southern border with the goal of reaching the United States in search of a better life. The journey is long and full of dangers, traveling for days as they cross the country atop the “beast”, as they call the train that takes them to Mexico’s northern border.

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Created
Dec 12, 2016
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
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#Borders #Human Rights #Mexico #Migrants #Migration

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A man holds a little girl for crossing the border under the Talisman checkpoint between Guatemala and Mexico illegally, in Talisman, Mexico, April 18, 2013.
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People cross by raft the Suchiate River illegally, under the Talisman checkpoint between Guatemala and Mexico in Talisman, Mexico, February 23, 2013.
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The Suchiate River in the border of Mexico and Guatemala is the black market point between both countries, and also allows the crossing of thousands of Central American migrants who have the goal of reaching to United States, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, January 24, 2008.
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Liseth Elvira Lopez Hernandez, 22, after two months of recovery, rests into a room of the Albergue Buen Pastor. Her husband was killed in a car accident years ago in Guatemala, after that, Elvira attempted to reach the U.S. but fell down from the train on movement and lost her right leg, in Tapachula, Mexico, April 20, 2013.
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Carlos Ortez from El Salvador rests inside a shelter for migrants, after several days traveled through mountains and villages inside Mexico; behind on the wall, a painting of Virgin of Guadalupe in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, October 6, 2008.
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At morning, a migrant shaves his face before to leave the shelter where the migrants stay for some days for resting. Many shelters across Mexico help to the migrants during their journey to reach to United States. Arriaga, Mexico, January 20, 2008.
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A woman sets fire to keep warm while waits the next train arrival in México City, May 20, 2008.
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Central American migrants gather around a campfire to warm their hands while wait the departure time of the train to continue their journey to the north, in State of Mexico, Mexico, September 20, 2008.
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A Honduran immigrant smokes a cigarette and cover himself from the raining with a piece of cardboard while waits beside of the railroad to climb "the beast" or "train of death", referring to the freight train where thousands of migrants travel with the intention of reaching to United States, in State of Mexico, Mexico, August 20, 2008.
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A Honduran immigrant couple embraces next to the railroad while waits for the train, in Mexico City, May 20, 2008.
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A migrant sleeps over the railroad waiting for the train departure in Arriaga, Mexico. April 21, 2013.
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A young migrant with a backpack walks waiting for the train around loading station. At this moment, he achieved to arrive to Mexico City, however there is still a long journey to do for reaching the U.S. border, in Mexico City, May 20, 2008.
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A migrant climb up to the train in movement. Migrants fall down on the train tracks frequently and suffer serious injuries where lose their legs, arms, even their lives, in State of Mexico, Mexico, May 20, 2008.
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A migrant picks up a piece of cardboard that will use later to protect himself from the cold while travels at top of train, in State of Mexico, Mexico, May 20, 2008.
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Migrants atop the freight trains travel without protection. They are vulnerable to be hit by trees, wind, rain and hot sun, so the tiredness sometimes overcomes and fall down on tracks. The dream ends. That dream of supporting to their families that left behind. in Arriaga, Mexico, January 21, 2008.
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A migrant group waits the train departure in Arriaga, Mexico, April 21, 2013.
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The wagons at the train station are the hiding place for migrants who remain hidden for several days while wait for the train departure to continue their journey to the north of Mexico, in Orizaba, Mexico, May 20, 2008.
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People watch inside of a room that was used to hide migrants kidnapped by a group of criminals and the police, in Lara Grajales, Mexico, October 13, 2008.
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Clothes and shoes of Centro American migrants who were kidnapped during some days in Lara Grajales, Mexico, October 13, 2008.
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A man is lying down beside the railroad waiting for the train departure in the station of Arriaga, Mexico, April 21, 2013.
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A migrant takes refuge at night in a shelter at Tierra Blanca, Mexico. Tierra Blanca is known as a dangerous place for the migrants during their journey to the northern of Mexico, October 7, 2008.
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Inside of the Casa del Migrante Scalabrini, three Honduran migrants observe in a Mexico’s map the route to reach the United States, in Tapachula, Mexico, February 22, 2013.
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A migrant recovers in the Casa del Migrante after a mouth surgery after a many days of toothache, in Arriaga, Mexico, April 17, 2013.
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Scene of La Misma Luna, a Mexican movie that talks about migration. Migrants gather in this room to watch movies or TV shows in the Casa del Migrante in Arriaga, Mexico, April 20, 2013.
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A migrant calls his family in a shelter and asks for money to continue his journey to the United States in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, on October 5, 2008.
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A group of migrants gather beside train tracks under a bridge near to Mexico City where they have to bear the cold at dawn and be alert when train is getting close, in State of Mexico, Mexico, September 20, 2008.
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