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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