MEXICO CITY - About 100 Mexican soldiers and immigration agents raided a freight train in southern Mexico on Thursday and detained dozens of Central American migrants riding atop the cars. Agents filled three such vehicles with migrants, but hundreds more were apparently able to escape. The train may have been carrying as many as 400 migrants, and Mexico’s Immigration Institute said it detained 40. Central Americans have been riding freight trains, collectively known as “La Bestia,” or The Beast, for years. Previous raids have served to temporarily discourage migrants from hopping aboard the trains, which is technically prohibited but has long been tolerated.

Source: thestar June 27, 2019 21:00 UTC