article_snippet: They took the bus and also walked and hitch-hiked in some places.
article_snippet: Once in Mexico, They got on the cargo train migrants call "The Beast.
article_snippet: Migrants get a risky, but free ride clinging to the outside of the train.
article_snippet: Violent gangs sometimes board the train to rape, rob and kill migrants.
article_snippet: Those without money to pay off the gangsters are thrown off, sometimes to Those without money to pay off the gangsters deaths in deep ravines or sharp rocks.
article_snippet: They got on the train to steal money from people.
article_snippet: Can you imagine the trip for a child who's 4, 6, 10, 12 years old all the way to the United States?  
highlights_snippet: It's a trip also attempted by tens of thousands of other desperate children .