Others tried to pull him aboard as the train picked up speed, but he fell, and his left leg was shredded. Honduran migrants who lost limbs from injuries while riding atop Mexico’s “La Bestia” freight trains in an attempt to get to the United States are warning others of the perilous journey. Then in 1998, there was a breakthrough in the investigations. More and more children disappeared, and new victims of “La Bestia” were found again and again. El tren de la muerte ("The Death Train") refers to a network of Mexican freight trains that are utilized by U.S.-bound migrants to more quickly traverse the length of Mexico, also known as La Bestia ("The Beast") and El tren de los desconocidos ("The train of the unknowns").

Wilfredo is one of of 373 people on record that had limbs amputated while riding La Bestia between 2003 and 2011, according to statistics compiled by the Mexican government. Others tried to pull him aboard as the train picked up speed, but he fell, and his left leg was shredded. Aug. 22, 2019, at 11:51 a.m. More.

“It was my first time,” Estuardo said, of his Bestia journey. Mario, 34, a Honduran migrant who lost his leg while traveling en route to the United States on a freight train known as "La Bestia", rests during a physiotherapy session at the Rehabilitation Center Victims of 'La Bestia,' Mexico's Notorious Migrant Train, Learn to Walk Again. Aug. 22, 2019. 'It was my first time,' Estuardo said, of his journey on La Bestia. Then in 1998, there was a breakthrough in the investigations. Others tried to pull him aboard as the train picked up speed, but he fell, and his left leg was shredded.

Twelve hours after he scrambled atop a boxcar on a freight train that hurtled through Mexico towards the U.S. border, Roni Osorio could no longer fight sleep.

Thousands have died or been gravely injured aboard La Bestia, either because of the frequent derailments of the old freight trains, or because people fall off …
Mario, 34, a Honduran migrant who lost his leg while traveling en route to the United States on a freight train known as "La Bestia", rests during a physiotherapy session at the Rehabilitation Center He could not say what proportion of La Bestia's victims the program managed to treat, adding: "Migration is a very invisible phenomenon."

A group representing injured Honduran migrants says the number is higher. Mario, 34, a Honduran migrant who lost his leg while traveling en route to the United States on a freight train known as "La Bestia", rests during a physiotherapy session at the Rehabilitation Center Victims of 'La Bestia' learn to walk again Roni Osorio, a Honduran migrant, has learned to walk again after his left leg was ground off by “La Bestia,” or The Death Train, so … Serial Killer Luis Garavito (aka) La Bestia, The Beast, was active for 8 years between 1992-1999, known to have ( 147 confirmed / 300 possible ) victims.This serial killer was active in the following countries: Colombia Luis Garavito was born on January 25th 1957 in Génova, Quindío, Colombia. Lack of money led Honduran former soldier Alan Abarca, 49, to skip the bus and board the train to reach the United States, months after getting deported, and he lost his left leg for it. Wilfredo is one of of 373 people on record that had limbs amputated while riding La Bestia between 2003 and 2011, according to statistics compiled by the Mexican government. A group representing injured Honduran migrants says the number is higher. He could not say what proportion of La Bestia’s victims the program managed to treat, adding: “Migration is a very invisible phenomenon.” Lack of money led Honduran former soldier Alan Abarca, 49, to skip the bus and board the train to reach the United States, months after getting deported, and he lost his left leg for it. Thousands of Central American migrants ride the trains, known as 'la bestia', or the beast, during their long and perilous journey through Mexico to reach the U.S. border.

More and more children disappeared, and new victims of “La Bestia” were found again and again. The train lurched, and with nothing to grip onto, he rolled, fell and was sucked under its … Nearly a year later, Osorio, 22, a migrant who once farmed beans and coffee in Honduras, has learned to walk again, with a new prosthetic limb where his left leg was ground off by "La Bestia," or The Death Train, so named for the risks posed by traveling on it. Twelve hours after he scrambled atop a boxcar on a freight train that hurtled through Mexico toward the U.S. border, Roni Osorio could no longer fight sleep.