Chasing Mexico's US-Bound 'Death Trains' Along Mazatlan's Pacific Coast
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July 20, 2014
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In the city of Mazatlan, immigrants from Central America are chasing trains to travel through Mexico to the United States.

Many riders fall from the train roofs and dangerous perches between cars; causing them to lose limbs or even their lives. Mexico's Interior Secretary estimated that 200,000 Central Americans entered Mexico illegally in 2012.

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