What It's Like to Fall Off La Bestia - Latino USA
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José Luis Ortega was 17 when he first tried to migrate from Honduras to the U.S. He took La Bestia
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Train surfing through Mexico, dreaming of a new life in the US, Migration News
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Riding La Bestia, The Immigration Train
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Opinion Migrants Risk It All on 'La Bestia' - The New York Times
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Jaime Lopez, 36, a Mexican citizen who says he fell from the freight train known by the migrants who ride it as La Bestia (Spanish for The Beast) three years ago and
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Las Patronas de La Bestia: A Brief History - Luz Media
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Train surfing through Mexico, dreaming of a new life in the US, Migration News