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The plans also include connecting the Pacific coast port of Manzanillo with the cities of Guadalajara and Irapuato.

Villegas, whose family spent three days in Irapuato waiting for the train, was among many who saw the Darien Gap as an opportunity.

After the train arrived on the outskirts of the central Mexican city of Irapuato, some swung their bodies over its metal trailers with ease, while others tossed up bags and handed up their small children swaddled in winter coats.

The company also reported about 800 migrants waiting at the freight yards in Irapuato, in the north-central state of Guanajuato.

The U.S. government in May asked Mexico to review whether rights were being violated at Draxton Mexico in the central city of Irapuato.