La Bestia will no longer transport Central American Migrants -

SanDiegoRed ^ | July 14, 2014 | Cal Trimble

[blueplum]

Mexico’s Secretariat of the Interior is set to implement restrictions.

MEXICO.- La Bestia, the train that hundreds of Central Americans travel on top of and in between its wagons on their journey through Mexico to the U.S. border, may no longer be used for this purpose. According to Mexico’s Secretariat of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, measures are being taken to restrict non-permitted use of the train. La Bestia has already claimed the lives of many migrants riding on it, and has also resulted in hundreds of injuries (including dismemberment) to those who have fallen off it.

In an interview reported on by Proceso Magazine, Osorio Chong states, “we are going to take control of this, we cannot continue to allow them [migrants] to put their lives at risk. It is our responsibility given that it happens within our borders. La Bestia is meant for the transportation of cargo, not passengers; we will have to put in place restrictions and during thenext coming days we will announce what they are.”

These measures will be implemented specifically in Tabasco and Chiapas which are the main states where migrants...

[PA Engineer]

I want to know what arrangements were made between obowelmovement and mexico. This is total BS.

I worked there and watched the Mexico military shut every road down. It was an iron fist with stiff penalties. This was arranged and paid for. I have driven from Chiapas to the US and back. I hired private security (Federales) for my company to escort oil field equipment with the blessings of Pemex and the Federales . You have no idea how treacherous it is and how long it takes. Total BS!

[tumblindice]

Be advised, author Cal Trimble thinks a RR car is called a “wagon.”

[blueplum]

oh, I dunno. Maybe 1.4 billion for starters?:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/17/AR2008041703786.html

A lot of money will be ‘hidden’ from daylight

watch for an uptick in this program:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/rsamigrant/index.html

and this:
http://www.immigrationdirect.com/blog/2014/05/uscis-grants-support-immigrant-organizations/?SL_ClassKey=1

and on spending such as this:
http://archive.11alive.com/news/article/226680/3/Over-1M-in-stimulus-money-spent-on-migrant-worker-population

but more importantly, on the specific organizations involved in implementing this and that, such as this one:
http://www.fordfoundation.org/issues/human-rights/protecting-immigrant-and-migrant-rights/for-grant-seekers

and the assorted Mexican-and Central American government sponsored racist groups, such as LaRaza and Mencha, who accept the funds to administer this and that

[blueplum]

oops, wrong link for the 1.4 billion comment

correct link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/us-withholding-aid-to-mexico-human-rights_n_705501.html

[Nifster]

and I will believe when it happens not before

[jacknhoo]

They’ve been led to believe Obama will buy their train tickets, instead. It’s the humane thing to do.

[a fool in paradise]

Now Houston Metrorail will have to pick up the slack.

[GeronL]

lol

does it reach into Central America? lol

probably just the wrong neigborhood.

[a fool in paradise]

The Houston Comical would be for expanding it down to Central America. Commuter line for low income workers into downtown.

[winodog]

They must have switched to cruise ships. Like the Love Boat