5316 x 3544 px | 45 x 30 cm | 17,7 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
25. Mai 2010
Ort:
Arriaga, Mexico
Weitere Informationen:
A young immigrant, heading from El Salvador to the United States, climbs up the cargo train called ‘El Tren de la Muerte’ (Train of Death) on a train station in Arriaga, Mexico, 25 May 2010. Between 2010 and 2015, the US and Mexico have apprehended almost 1 million illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. While the economic reasons remain the most frequent motivation for people from Central America to illegally immigrate to the US, thousands of Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Hondurans, many of them minors, seek asylum in the US due to the thriving crime and gang-related violence in their region (known as the Northern Triangle). Taking an exhausting and risky journey, riding thousands of miles atop the cargo trains, facing a physical danger and extortion from the organized crime groups that control migrant routes, the “undocumented” still flee to the US, looking for their American dream.
