Mexico Stops Central American Migrants from Climbing Aboard 'Beast' Train Agence France-Presse
go to original August 11, 2014

Central American immigrants board “La Bestia” (“The Beast”) cargo train, in an attempt to reach the Mexico-U.S. border, in Arriaga, Chiapas state. (keith Dannemiller)

TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ – Mexican authorities have launched operations to block Central American migrants from illegally heading to the United States, stopping them from hitching rides on a freight train known as “The Beast.”

The operations came after officials pledged to take action to stem a wave of unaccompanied child migrants who have flooded into the United States in record numbers in recent months.

Migrant rights activists and a consular official from a Central American nation said Mexican federal police and immigration agents conducted patrols late last week along the train tracks in the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala.

...A consular official from a Central American country, who requested anonymity, said around 150 people were detained by agents who raided small hotels and restaurants frequented by undocumented migrants. They face deportation.

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