section_path: Harm to non-citizens without legal status/Death
section_name: Death
paragraph_text: Death
  
  Many Central American migrants are abducted or killed during their journey. A 2015 estimate suggested that as many as 120,000 migrants had disappeared within Mexico during the previous ten years. Thousands are killed or maimed riding the roofs of cargo trains in Mexico.
  
  Death by exposure to the elements—leading to hypothermia, dehydration, heat stroke, drowning, and suffocation —has been reported in the deserts, particularly during the hot summer season. Also, people may die or be injured when they attempt to avoid law enforcement, for example, in high speed pursuits.