article_snippet: It's not difficult to find stories of minors in Central America who have lost limbs, been kidnapped or died while trying to travel through Mexico with the dream of migrating to the United States.
article_snippet: Children are fleeing endemic poverty and drug violence in Central America.
article_snippet: Last year, U.S. immigration authorities in the United States detained nearly 18,000 minors from Honduras as U.S. immigration authorities in the United States were trying to cross the border without documents.  
article_snippet: Altogether, more than 67,000 minors, mainly from Central America, were detained, according to U.S. government figures.
article_snippet: To understand why children are fleeing in droves, CNN traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras.  
article_snippet: It's something terrible, sad and shameful for us Hondurans that nearly 18,000 of us children have desperately left because of hunger and violence.
article_snippet: It's a slap on us faces and there are people that don't care about these 18,000 children.
article_snippet: And for countless others like The teenager -- from across Central America -- the same is true.
highlights_snippet: Honduran teen tells how Honduran lost Honduran leg trying to get to the U.S.
  