Central Americans have been catching freight trains to the U.S. border for years, risking injury or worse for a free ride and a path clear of Mexican government checkpoints.
Blogger Timothy A. Evans writes about his experience working in Costa Rica for Fundación Acción Joven, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to reducing junior and high school dropout rates.
Costa Rica's public security minister says the inability for U.S. joint patrol vessels to dock in Costa Rica sends the wrong message to drug traffickers.
