INQUIRER.net: Mexico migrant train derailment kills 6, injures 22

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Mexico migrant train derailment kills 6, injures 22 Aug 26th 2013, 00:07 VILLAHERMOSA – A cargo train carrying US-bound migrants derailed in a remote and swampy area of southeastern Mexico on Sunday, killing at least six people and injuring 22, officials said. Authorities said the death toll could rise after the train known as "The Beast," which carries Central American migrants who pay smugglers to sit atop freight cars, careened off the track near a river in Tabasco state. A Tabasco public security spokesman told AFP the death toll had risen from five to six at midday and "the search (for survivors) continues." Tabasco civil protection director Cesar Burelo told Milenio television that 16 people were taken to the regional hospital of Las Choa... Keep on reading: Mexico migrant train derailment kills 6, injures 22 Media files: mexico-train-derailment.jpg (image/jpeg)

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