TEGUCIGALPA (EFE) – The number of Honduran emigrants run over and killed by trains in Mexico while trying to reach the United States last year stands at 158, authorities said here Tuesday.
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Twenty-four other Hondurans lost limbs in train accidents, according to foreign ministry official Francisco Martinez, who said the comparable figures for 2004 were 151 killed and 116 seriously injured.
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Most of the mishaps occur as emigrants try to hitch rides aboard moving freight trains.