Mexican Railway Overrun by Illegal Immigrants Suspends Some Service

Ferromex says it halted 60 trains carrying enough cargo to fill 1,800 tractor-trailers; illegal immigrants on trains and in rail yards total more than 4,000.

Central American migrants, moving in a caravan through Juchitan, Oaxaca, in Mexico are pictured atop a train known as "The Beast" while continuing their journey toward the United States on April 26, 2019. Jose Cortes/Reuters

Mexican railroad operator Ferromex has suspended some service in the northern part of the country following the “regrettable” injuries and deaths of about a half-dozen illegal immigrants who tried to hop aboard its freight cars.

Ferromex halted 60 trains on northern routes that have the capacity to carry enough cargo to fill 1,800 tractor-trailers, the company said in a Sept. 19 statement.