Central American Migrants Hiding in Jungle as Mexican Officials Begin Patrolling 'The Beast' Fox News Latino
go to original August 27, 2014

Central American migrants shelter under trees as they wait for a northbound freight train along the overgrown train tracks, several kilometers outside Arriaga, in Chiapas state, Mexico. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)

Three months after the border crisis made national news, Mexican officials said they began cracking down on migrants trying to cross the country to try and enter the U.S. illegally.

The country has started pulling Centrals Americans off the trains, known as "The Beast," that many of the immigrant children arriving in the U.S. use to cross through Mexico. Many of those who are detained, officials said, are being returned to their country.

The new crackdown is forcing many of the U.S.-bound Central Americans to hike into the woods and low jungle for fear of being detained by Mexican officials rounding them up.

Masked police and Mexican immigration agents started raids in Arriaga about two weeks ago, residents said, sometimes even sweeping up Mexicans carrying backpacks or with tattoos, often a sign of gang affiliation.

Until recently, the streets of Arriaga bustled with migrants who would stay at cheap flophouses and shelters and hop aboard the northbound freight trains at will. The streets of the city of about 40,000 people now look empty.

Federal official Humberto Mayans said Tuesday that immigration officials have pulled 6,000 migrants off "The Beast" but offered no details on the roundups.

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