A freight train was halted in the desert in northern Mexico for 24 hours, leaving up to 1,800 migrants on board braving the desert sun and cold.
The migrants were traveling on freight trains bound for northern Mexico. Hoping to travel further into the United States. Most are Venezuelans and people in Central American countries fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries. The train stopped in the middle of a desert landscape. Late Friday night local time in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Without any clarification, the Venezuelan man revealed that During the night it is very cold. During the day it is very hot. As the Venezuelan woman said, There were no buses or cars for them to take. So I had to jump on the train. Because he thought that the train would not stop. But what happened wasn’t the case.
Residents and local authorities brought food and water to the evacuees. before trains move again on Saturday local time. Heading to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the migrants had to wait through a lengthy application process to enter the United States. The Mexican government said There are overflowing numbers of foreigners crossing the border into Mexico. Only last September More than 189,000 migrants detained as US officials say Only in the month of August. There are 233,000 aliens crossing the border into the United States.
Mexico’s railway system is more than 100 years old. Freight trains often travel slowly or stop halfway. Sometimes this is done on purpose to discourage immigrants from wanting to travel along. Last week, Mexico’s largest train company halted 30 percent of its trains due to overflowing traffic from foreigners.
Source: Thai News Agency