September 2 I left Somoto, Nicaragua at 6:30 AM for my trek to San Miguel, El Salvador, crossing through Southern Honduras, which required 6 different buses in 7 hours without more than a 15 minute wait between them. Honduras had a noticeably increased military and police presence around its borders and highways, although I am not sure if this is normal or due to political turmoil surrounding the country. On the bus between Choluteca and the El Salvadorian border I met Juan who told me about his experiences living illegally in the States a few years ago and traveling on the "death train" from Chiapas, Mexico to Laredo, Texas, and then to Houston where he worked construction. He described how dangerous the train travel was crossing Mexico, and the risks he took living in the States
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