A Mexican railway operator says it is suspending trains in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars.
As crime engulfs many Mexican states, immigrants who’ve saved to retire there are reevaluating ties to home — and whether returning is worth the risk.The company said there were about 1,500 people gathered at a railyard in the city of Torreon, in the northern border state of Coahuila. The company also reported about 800 migrants waiting at the freight yards in Irapuato, in the north-central state of Guanajuato.
About 1,000 people were reported to be riding freight cars on the train line that connects the city of Chihuahua and the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez. Ferromex is Mexico’s largest concessionary rail operator, and the effects of the train stoppage will be “very important,” said Ana Bertha Gutiérrez, the international trade coordinator for the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.
She noted that the measure could badly hit industrial states such as Nuevo Leon, Baja California and Chihuahua, given their links to the U.S. market.to hitch rides from as far south as Oaxaca state to the U.S. border. About a decade ago, the Mexican government briefly staged raids on the trains to discourage the practice, but later largely abandoned the effort.
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