Jumping on a moving train; these migrants are trying to hitch a ride to the #US #shorts #mexico

In Mexico, a man tries to jump on a moving freight train heading for the US southern border.

The train is called 'The Beast' and every month thousands of desperate migrants cling onto it hoping for a free ride north through Mexico's harsh deserts.

For 12 days our reporter tracked the migrants as they made their harrowing journey.

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