Borderland. Episode 3
Description
In gang controlled Arriaga, Southern Mexico, the six have an emotional reunion before climbing onto a train known as "La Bestia," or "The Beast." Every day, this cargo train is used by hundreds of migrants to make their way north. As the six discover, it is a perilous way to travel north. They learn about gangs hacking migrants in half for refusing to pay bribes or ransoms, they hear about the thousands who have died falling from the train and come to appreciate that the American Dream can come at a huge cost. In Sinaloa, northern Mexico, the six join the military on a drug eradication burn, part of the Mexican government’s attempt to battle the cartels who control the now intersecting drug and migrant routes…
Runtime
48 min 41 sec
Series
Subjects
- Social institutions (391)
- Hispanic Americans (84)
- Latin Americans (167)
- Politics and government (49)
Database
Films on Demand
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