
Shivering in the Sun
Originally published by the BBC.
Each day, hundreds of migrants who come from central and south America pass through Lecheria, a small factory town just outside of Mexico City. From their countries they travel thousands of miles by freight train with the hope of reaching the United States. Lecheria represents a crossraods. It’s there that the tracks diverge and determine whether a person is to end up in California, Arizona or Texas.
Many said they where unhappy about leaving their families behind and would rather be near the warmth of their wives, children, mothers, fathers, friends. But their villages and way of life are dying. There is no employment and so the only way to help support their families is to head north and send money back when they can.
The journey is hardest and most lonely for the youngest, some whom are no more than15 years old. For many of them it’s their first time away from home. Without money they travel on empty stomachs; their bodies are so weak that they shiver in the sun.















