Desperate economic conditions are driving record #'s of Central Americans to cross Mexico to get to the U.S. Many ride
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Thirsty Central Americans trekking 35 miles from the Guatemala border are grateful for the life-saving assistance Grupo Beta offers. ccdfg
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Jesuit priest Jos’àö¬© Gonzalez, of Guatemala, wishes good luck to Erlin Rodriguez, of Nicaragua, as he leaves the Home of Mercy shelter. ccdfg
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Central American migrants gather along the tracks in Tabasco, Mexico waiting to jump a train headed north. ccdfg
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Central American migrants jump a moving train headed north at Colonia Faisan V’àö’âÝa, Tabasco, Mexico. ccdfg
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Alicia Gonzalez, 14, of Honduras, takes the train for the first time in Tabasco, Mexico. She is traveling with her mom and two brothers. ccdfg
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Trying to jump onto a moving train a Central American migrant woman falls along the tracks nearly falling under the wheels. ccdfg
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Raul Ordo’àö¬±ez, 42, of Honduras is recovering after having both legs amputated from falling under the wheels of the train in Tabasco, Mexico. ccdfg
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Cenia Lovato, of El Salvador, who broke her right ankle jumping off the train, wheels herself to her room at a shelter in Chiapas, Mexico. ccdfg
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Roberto Vialobos, 36, of El Salvador, fell asleep falling under the wheels of the train cutting off his right arm and right leg. ccdfg
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Central American migrants wait to be deported to their home countries at Mexico's National Migration Institute detention facility in Chiapas, Mexico. ccdfg
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Three migrants carry the coffin of Jose Lainez, 39, of Honduras from the cemetary in Tabasco, Mexico. Bandits Mexico shot Jose in the forehead. ccdfg
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