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At the Shelter of Jesus the Good Shepherd, director Olga
Sánchez Martínez helps Central American migrants left deeply
injured by Mexico's freight trains. Many, seen here in 2003, have lost limbs;
others have been attacked by machete-wielding gangsters who control the train
tops.
Olga Sánchez Martínez removes stitches from a migrant who was attacked by machete-wielding gangsters on a train. They slashed his head, an ear, and an arm.
Leti Isabela Mejía Yanes, a single mother of three children, lost both legs trying to board a Mexican freight train. She was trying to reach the United States to send money to Honduras so her children could eat more than once a day.
Each day, shelter director Olga Sánchez Martínez cleans and dresses migrants' wounds. Fausto Mejillas Guerrero, from Honduras, lost half a foot to the train.
Hugo Tambrís Sióp, 14, checks how well his wounds are healing with the help of a mirror. He lost part of his right leg and three toes on his left foot.
Tránsito Encarnación Martínes Hernández, from Honduras, lost part of both legs to a train.
Olga Sánchez Martínez and a shelter volunteer take injured migrants to the beach. For many migrants, it is the first time they have seen an ocean.
Leti Isabela Mejía Yanes sits on the beach.
Olga Sánchez Martínez and a shelter volunteer help Hugo Tambrís Sióp, 14, get out of the ocean.
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