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Illegal migrants
A small group of Central American migrants rides atop a freight train as it heads north from Arriaga to Ixtepec, Mexico
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A small group of Central American migrants rides atop a freight train as it heads north from Arriaga to Ixtepec, Mexico. A Mexican crackdown seems to be keeping women and children off the deadly train, known as "The Beast," that has traditionally helped thousands of migrants head north. The once-open route to the United States has become so difficult that trains now carry a small fraction of the migrants they used to - and almost exclusively adult men. American and Mexican officials say they are noticing the same drop-off all along the route.
