Migrants Maimed by Mexico's 'Beast' Tour US to Recount Their Ordeal Alfonso Chardy - Miami Herald
go to original August 20, 2016

Five Hondurans whose arms or legs were severed by the Beast while traveling through Mexico toward the U.S. border recounted their ordeal in Miami last week. (Miami Herald)

Five Hondurans who lost their limbs to The Beast while traveling through Mexico toward the U.S. border recently came to Miami to publicize their plight as well as the hardships and consequences of poverty and violence, key factors behind the increasing migration of Hondurans and other Central Americans to the United States.

This is the first group of Central Americans maimed by The Beast who have traveled in an organized way to the United States. The Beast is the generic name given to each and every freight train the Central American migrants ride through Mexico from the Guatemalan border to the U.S. border.

The group gave a press conference in Miami and plans to visit other major cities in the United States to promote their cause.

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