From Getty Images: Undocumented Immigrants - Faces of the Displaced John Moore - Getty
go to original August 2, 2013

TAPACHULA, Mexico - Undocumented immigrants Eduardo Contreras, 23, from Honduras and Elvira Lopez, 22, from Guatemala stand on crutches at the Jesus el Buen Pastor shelter on July 31, 2013 in Tapachula, Mexico. They are both convalescing at the shelter after separately falling under the wheels of a freight train while in route to the United States, each losing their right leg.

The shelter, which relies entirely on private donations, has helped countless immigrants recover from their wounds while helping arrange for prosthetics. Many immigrants fall off and are maimed while on freight trains known as "la bestia", which they ride during their long journey north.

They said they both had fallen asleep while atop freight cars and were knocked off by tree branches.

Photo by John Moore/Getty Images

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