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Mexico officials pull CentAm migrants from trains

By Mark Stevenson
Published August 27, 2014 2:08am ET
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Mexico officials pull CentAm migrants from trains
Central American migrants walk along overgrown train tracks several kilometers outside Arriaga in Chiapas state, Mexico, as they wait for a northbound freight train, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. A Mexican federal official says the government plans to improve railway surveillance and increase the speed of northbound trains in hopes of deterring Central American migrants from riding on top of freight cars. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) | Rebecca Blackwell

ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) — U.S.-bound Central Americans are fleeing urban areas and hiking into the woods and low jungle for fear of being detained by Mexican officials rounding up migrants in southern Mexico.

Until recently, the streets of Arriaga bustled with migrants who would stay at cheap flophouses and shelters and hop aboard the northbound freight trains at will. The streets of the city of about 40,000 people now look empty.

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