In 2010, Fronteras Desk contributor and KRTS/KXWT reporter Lorne Matalon rode on a train known as La Bestia (The Beast) ferrying Central Americans through Mexico. That train derailed last weekend, killing at least six Hondurans and critically injuring at least 16 others.
Riding La Bestia, The Immigration Train
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