By Jose CortesHUEHUETOCA, Mexico (Reuters) - Several dozen migrants retreated in frustration from train tracks outside Mexico City on Friday, blocked by Mexican officials from hitching rides on cargo wagons in a major new enforcement effort to curb the flow of people headed north.
Mexican railroad operator Ferromex this week suspended 60 trains due to the influx of people, and Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) has deployed agents to dissuade people from climbing aboard.
"They forced us away from the rail," said Jason, a Venezuelan migrant who asked to be identified only by his first name.
Migrants carrying backpacks and jugs of water made their way through tall grass under the hot sun to retreat on foot to the nearest town.
(Reporting by Jose Cortes in Huehuetoca; Writing by Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico City; Editing by William Mallard)
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