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ARTE ReportageMexico:"La Bestia"

25 min

Available until 19/02/2026

Every year 400,000 people from Central America traverse Mexico, a journey of some 2500 kilometres, to try to pass into the USA illegally. The quickest way to get there is by hitching a ride on the roof of what the migrants have nicknamed ‘La Bestia’ (the beast), a freight train running through desert and jungle, right up to the US border.

Director

Alex Gohari et Léo Mattéi

Author

Alex Gohari et Léo Mattei

Country

France

Year

2018

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