Riding 'the beast': Migrants board Mexico freight train to reach US
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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Thousands of would-be migrants continue to make the perilous journey to the United States. They come from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala or Mexico, turning their backs on poverty and gang violence. Many decide to climb on a freight train which crosses Mexico from south to north. The journey saves them time and money, but it's fraught with danger. Our colleagues from France 2 television went on board. They bring us this report, with FRANCE 24's Claire Rush.
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A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett and Gaëlle Essoo.
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I actually live in Mexico in a city where this train goes through. So crazy to hear it and think of all the people most likely on top of it.
dont worry, most Mexican are OK people
im from Mexico and the train also pass through my city.. i love how it sounds far away.. that the reason of my youtube channel name... is crazy to think that i listen the bellow of the beast and it hears so beautiful from my house.. some km away.. but at the same time this people is going up there...
Why don't Mexico take care of the poor?
@@Moose803 years of bad governments who believed blindly in neoliberalism and also corruption
@@Moose803 Currently Mexico is the 15th world economy in the world, projected to be the 7th, Mexico is the 6th car manufacturer, the 6th most visited country in the world, and the main bussiness partner of the USA and Canadá
Dont forget the train that is coming into usa country. Mexico should take care of their own babies. You all get it.❤
How wretched should someone's existence in their home country be for them to risk life and limb to reach better Shores!!
reconquista
There’s so much wrong with the world when some people end up risking their lives like this. They have nothing
I agree. But I have my own reasons. First of all... what other country has a big statue proclaiming bring me your... We are a nation of migrants
@@danielabilez3619 yes offcourse there is a reason why people have come that point.
I won't say wrong with this "world", but rather the government of the native land of these people that's driving them to desperation.
I have seen people like that come to the USA struggling their stories are amazing. The will to succeed and get ahead in life is unmatched by 99.999%. Some of them have kids that grow up to be lazy and take things for granted.
no people are more driven
Actually you can see he's got one legs
Man not only is this illegal, it's also very dangerous. But I guess people in Mexico don't really care about their own safety.
Or the rest of the world. They jist wanna make babies buy big trucks and ruin our neighborhoods
La mayoría de ellos no son mexicanos son de paises de centro y sudamerica.
One can assume the line "desperate people do desperate things" very much applies here.
Maybe they care about their safety enough to leave their village? They are safer in their train. They’re from Central America
Why don't the governments of their respective native land fix their countries where there is less of these "desperate" people?
That’s a tall ask is the issue. The issues are abundant and severe. The governments of many Central American nations have dealt with conflicts, genocides, and coups since they gained independence. For the banana republics, like Guatemala and Nicaragua, they were oppressed by the brutal rule of a company for decades until the US intervened and attempted to install a better government. However, the US’s attempts were fruitless, and ended up making things worse. Genocide in Guatemala, and gang violence in Nicaragua are just two of the results of US intervention. And so many of these countries have very few jobs and they bring in very little money, and their exports are limited. Poverty is rife, and in the counties where the gang violence and drug trade are particularly bad, families have often no choice but to flea, and the governments either don’t have the funds to aid them or don’t have the ability to aid them in some other way. These people are truly refugees, and they seek a better life north in Mexico and the United States. In fact, many of them don’t have access to the resources necessary to legally immigrate to Mexico or the US. That said, the majority of these illegal immigrants still pay taxes and aid our economy in ways that mean that better paying and more stable jobs are available to people in the area they are moving to. This is why I believe we need to reform our immigration service, so that its more efficient to immigrate legally.
in the Honduras I believe there is barely even a government, as after a coup overthrew the democratic government, the entire country has been upturned and crime is easier with the powerful gangs and cartels that exist there
Theres noone to stop them from escaping there home countries and the Mexican people arent welcoming of the immigrants
Very difficult to do when the CIA does coups and the Pentagon continues to give weapons to right wing friendly governments to the US. The US has spent 100 years messing around in Central America. And the illegals are the result of this foreign policy.
@@juanisaac5172 Of course, _ALL_ the blame should go to the evil empire up north that all these people are fleeing to. Not their own greedy, corrupt, inept and depraved leaders.
00:46 my goodness they even took the dog with them🥺
lmaoo omg that would be me and my family
Well they do need a dinner or two .
May God protect these Central Americans traveling through Mexico and the US
%90of the usa wants them do die during the trip.
my cousin got on some train such as thing somewhere after a crime he fled to mexico haven't seen him sense.
Did that women said she drunk toilet water 😂😂
im from Mexico and the train also pass through my city.. i love how it sounds far away.. thats the reason of my youtube channel name... is crazy to think that i listen the bellow of the beast and it sounds so beautiful from my house.. some km away.. but at the same time this people is going up there...
What city do you live in?
@@EdisonBryan Ciudad Obregon, Sonora
There is a documentary about this, omg, it is so heart breaking
What is it called ?
@@Fundznrespect its called Which way home
@@shadowrunner4526 thank you
No its not.. We got our own problems
I like your Chavo profile picture
i dont understand why build a fence when they are arriving by train;)
Because the trek is so long, they must cross most of Mexico to get to the Mexico/US border. They ride the train for most of the journey. Those who survived the trek will try to pass into the US by foot.
@@SouthChineseTiger It was a stupid rhetorical question
they should check the train before it goes in the US
@@arcticbob829 im pretty sure the train does not go into the us
@@arcticbob829 They don’t care, why would they? It was’t until Trump put financial penalties via trade & negotiating more aid to Mexico, as well as Mexicans getting over run by people from Guatemala & Honduras themselves did they seriously start help protecting the US -Mexican border.
Why does the train company allow them to ride ontop though 🤔 why don't they get kicked off
It’s illegal to train hop, but it’s one hell of an adventure!
Because people have sympathy for the migrants
The migrants hide from the people who guard the train and some guards have sympathy for migrants
I have completed sympathy and empathy for migrants:( how bad their world must be to went to risk so much
Mexico has rules and laws but doesn’t enforced them as strictly or seriously than usa.
I feel bad for the kids and their family running for a better future can't understand. Mexico is full of poverty and it's hard for. Mexican people to make a living in Mexico America is better life.
We have plenty of poverty here. Keep it over there
If you don’t want to stay in Mexico, get in line, go the legal way
Mexico is one of the richest countries in the world, is the 15th world economy, proyected to be the 6xt world economy, currently México is the main partner business of the United States and Canadá.
@@enriquehuerta2789 I hear you brother I belong from a war-torn country where united states and British screwed up everything for us.
Does the arrival of millions of low skilled low educated non English speaking Mexicans make a better life for US Citizens ?
May God protect this people omg
Those people have to STOP HAVING KIDS!
100% agree. Why keep having more kids, when THAT is the cause of all their problems?
He'll some of them have three wives at least four or five kids with each wife it's legal in their country
Audrey Sorg As unfair as it is to the kids, I don't believe children of illegal immigrant women should be given citizenship.
Poverty and many children is universal.
Your president and his administration have banned all support for birth control to third world countries, and is trying to block it in your country. Reap the whirlwind.
Spain needs to help Mexico. They once colonise the place.
Did they get caught at the border?
US can stop this madness. Destroy all rail road routes carrying human cargo by attacking from air. No tracks, no trains and no misery!
Los trenes son mexicanos no estadounidenses
Why tf is their a border like I know they try to stop human trafficking and transporting substances but they should have equal security just to check what they are carrying to the other side
"I don't want to admit it but the last few days were drinking toilet water"
The US and Mexico should build a high speed rail line straight from Guatemala to Texas to give these people some better accommodations!
US government and better accommodations for bottom line citizens? Hahahaha
1:12 was that single ferromex SD70ACe pulling that whole train talk about EMD power
This is so, so hard to watch ☹️☹️☹️
Desperate people in Desperate times!
We need to send the military to destroy the Mexican train network.
Criminals attempting to invade.
@@DickCheneyXX most of these people arent even mexican, they come from countries like Venezuela, Honduras and other countries below the mexican border
Shouldn't the government of whichever country they're from deal with that?
@@ZekeMan62 Definitely not
These people just want a safe place to live.
Govorner Abbott has been required to remove border prevention, along the Texas Mexico border.
Here what I think if the US can help those countries that they running from by stop stealing from them and let corrupt politicians run it then let them come in the US without stopping them
I'm so sorry to see them
They also took a 🐶 with them!?🤔🤭
Where are the Spaniards? They need to make Mexico better.
Hippos are considered one of the most dangerous animals in the world..
Are being placed in the board river 😮😮😮😊
Why do they just let the migrants travel like that?
2:40 getting caught is better than loosing a leg though
Not when you’re fleeing gang/ cartel violence. These people would rather risk possibly dying on this journey than staying at home, because their odds at home are worse.
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Need to send them all to Ukraine to fight in the war with Russia 🪆
What's the problem in their countries?
Crazy journey😳
@ 2:30 they forgot to translate the “wey” part
@lara. You have a point. What do these people have in mind for income with no English and a grade school level education? Unless they want to do some low skilled work.
Why Mexicans leave their country? Mexico isn’t a poor country.
They all don’t come from Mexico
These aren't Mexicans they are just passing through Mexico. You aren't very bright are you?
So mexico does not care that they leave.....
Most of them are Central Americans, not Mexicans
@@gustavomercado1599 Sure.......sure..........
The video literally said they were Central Americans
They count on it. We get stuck dealing with their castoffs fleeing that hellhole. We pay a very high price for our greed and stupidity.
This is why my dota matches in U.S east are so toxic.
They want what we have - not democracy, just cash. Social security. Free stuff.
Not true. They want to get jobs and support their families. BTW, Illegal immigrants cannot get Social Security. Do your research.
Including the kids
اپنی جان کی حفاظت کریں
All train hoppers know you should avoid gondolas hoppers are your best bet
i dont get...
why they are so obsessed of getting into US?
for job? or just to live there?
some people want to have a better future for them and their families. in our home countries we don't get much of these opportunities while here in the United States we do. there's better jobs and well-structured houses to better than in our country's. not only that but a lot of people want to run away because in our country's there is a lot of gang violence. people get caught up for making the wrong mistake and women also get harassed. the u.s. is better place to live.
@@ally612 if its only about poverty..then i see latin lands is so green it means u can plant anythng for food like rice,corn,potato vegetables fruits anythng to survive...
Regarding the gang or any bad groups,if the police and military join force to remove it then its posible with the help of its people too..
helping hand would be a best way to have a better life..
To escape violence and poverty. We have better and far more abundant jobs here.
@@Trustfuleevees i do believe that mexico and other latin american countries are very rich
the only problem is the government they dont focus on its people
Lol spoken like someone who's never experienced or visited a poverty stricken shithole
Written by someone who escaped one
Biden express hope they really make safely .
wow that easy huh
🤬🤬🤬
May God be with them !
3:40 Nasty! 🤢
and yet she can afford a gold capped tooth!
@@FlowtnWitWalden probably old
bruh y'all better shut up
I feel so lucky to be born in Australia, good luck to these people
I’m Born In The United States 🇺🇸 Better Than Canada 🇨🇦 Australia 🇦🇺 Nee Zealand Or Japan 🇯🇵
Currently Mexico is the 15th world economy in the world, projected to be the 7th, Mexico is the 6th car manufacturer, the 6th most visited country in the world, and the main bussiness partner of the USA and Canadá, currently mexico is a modern country.
Me too man
@@byronchavarria4954Debatable
Australia is an island obviously surrounded by water whereas there's land that divides the US Mexican border.
Da baby can't stand it
America need to do more walls camera security police border petrol more controls 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Aren’t these people technically already in America according to Spanish & Portuguese geography.
🚂all aboard the risky express.
Choo choo.
Trains are a great idea. Easier to transport migrants to sanctuary cities where they can be cared for. I'm not suggesting freight trains, they could board passenger trains, more humanitarian. Chicago and NYC will step up to help these poor souls. 😊
интересно спасибо
If the Judge in the US wants to resume Trump's migration policy, then the US & UN should be providing security to the Migrants
I love France, I going to France please help me.
France arent islamic republic.
😞
Why can’t they ride in a car instead of climbing on a train and riding on it?
they have nothing, risking their lives is their best bet
I feel bad!🥺😭😢😨
There also taking baby’s!🤭😨😱
Why are they riding on a frait train !?😐😱😓
Спасибо за это видео Благодарю!!!!!
Destroy the train!
NO
No cuz were gonna fill it up and send them all back 1980 or later your going back.