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| Mexico cargo train used by migrants derails, killing at least six | Mexico cargo train used by migrants derails, killing at least six |
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| A cargo train on a route often ridden by Central American migrants heading to the US has derailed in a remote region of southern Mexico, killing at least six people and injuring at least 16, authorities have said. | A cargo train on a route often ridden by Central American migrants heading to the US has derailed in a remote region of southern Mexico, killing at least six people and injuring at least 16, authorities have said. |
| Hundreds of migrants ride the roof of the cargo train known as "The Beast", braving brutal conditions for a chance at crossing the border into the US. The Red Cross said an undetermined number of people were trapped. | Hundreds of migrants ride the roof of the cargo train known as "The Beast", braving brutal conditions for a chance at crossing the border into the US. The Red Cross said an undetermined number of people were trapped. |
| Tabasco state's civil protection chief, Cesar Burelo Burelo, said the incident happened at 3am on Sunday in an area surrounded by lakes and forest that was out of mobile phone range. He said eight carriages had derailed, although the authorities do not yet know what caused the accident. | Tabasco state's civil protection chief, Cesar Burelo Burelo, said the incident happened at 3am on Sunday in an area surrounded by lakes and forest that was out of mobile phone range. He said eight carriages had derailed, although the authorities do not yet know what caused the accident. |
| A spokesman for Tabasco state government said six people had been killed and 22 injured, with 16 being treated in hospitals in nearby Choapas, Veracruz. He added that at least 250 Honduran migrants were on the train, which was heading north from the Guatemalan border. Earlier Luis Felipe Puente, national emergency service coordinator, said on Twitter that 35 people were injured. | A spokesman for Tabasco state government said six people had been killed and 22 injured, with 16 being treated in hospitals in nearby Choapas, Veracruz. He added that at least 250 Honduran migrants were on the train, which was heading north from the Guatemalan border. Earlier Luis Felipe Puente, national emergency service coordinator, said on Twitter that 35 people were injured. |
| The Red Cross said dozens of soldiers, marines and civilian emergency workers were trying to access the area, which ambulances were unable to reach. Officials were trying to establish air or water links to the scene.Mario Bustillos Borge, the Red Cross chief in Tabasco, described the rescue as "a complex situation" that was making it difficult to get rapid confirmation of the true number of dead and injured. | The Red Cross said dozens of soldiers, marines and civilian emergency workers were trying to access the area, which ambulances were unable to reach. Officials were trying to establish air or water links to the scene.Mario Bustillos Borge, the Red Cross chief in Tabasco, described the rescue as "a complex situation" that was making it difficult to get rapid confirmation of the true number of dead and injured. |
| "There are some very high estimates, and others that are more conservative," he told a local radio station, without providing details. | "There are some very high estimates, and others that are more conservative," he told a local radio station, without providing details. |
| While the number of Mexicans heading to the US has dropped dramatically, there has been a surge of Central American migrants making the 1,000-mile northbound journey, fuelled in large part by the rising violence brought to their homelands by the spread of Mexican drug cartels. Other factors, experts say, are an easing in migration enforcement by Mexican authorities and a false perception that Mexican criminal gangs are not preying on migrants as much as they had been. | While the number of Mexicans heading to the US has dropped dramatically, there has been a surge of Central American migrants making the 1,000-mile northbound journey, fuelled in large part by the rising violence brought to their homelands by the spread of Mexican drug cartels. Other factors, experts say, are an easing in migration enforcement by Mexican authorities and a false perception that Mexican criminal gangs are not preying on migrants as much as they had been. |
| Central American migration remains small compared to the numbers of Mexicans still headed north, but steeply rising numbers speak starkly to the violence and poverty at home. | Central American migration remains small compared to the numbers of Mexicans still headed north, but steeply rising numbers speak starkly to the violence and poverty at home. |
| About 56,637 non-Mexican migrants, most of them Central Americans, were detained by US patrols along the border with Mexico between October and May last year. That's more than double the 27,561 detained in the same period a year earlier. Meanwhile, the number of Mexican migrants caught at the US southern border decreased 7% in the last fiscal year, to 188,467. | About 56,637 non-Mexican migrants, most of them Central Americans, were detained by US patrols along the border with Mexico between October and May last year. That's more than double the 27,561 detained in the same period a year earlier. Meanwhile, the number of Mexican migrants caught at the US southern border decreased 7% in the last fiscal year, to 188,467. |
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