SEATTLE - A new migrant caravan has left the southern Mexican city of Ciudad Hidalgo with the goal of reaching the United States before the November elections As the presidential elections loom, some of the caravan members said they hoped to make it to the United States before as they fear a crackdown following a Trump victory, The Associated Press reported Some also said that they had been waiting at Ciudad Hidalgo for weeks for permits to facilitate their travel up north Travel permits are rarely given to migrants who enter the country without a visa, and thousands have been detained by Mexican authorities at checkpoints in the center and north of Mexico and bused back to cities in the southern part of the country Increased enforcement by local authorities follows such requests by the Biden administration which has sought to stem the flow of migrants seeking to enter the country before they get close Over the years, the frequency and size of migrant caravans has fluctuated. The first caravan detected started in 2017, and up until December 2022, 30 such groups had made their way to the U.S.-Mexico border while others begin their journeys from cities in Mexico The formation of these large caravans usually is an attempt to reduce the risk of being attacked by criminal organizations or stopped by Mexican immigration officials as they travel Some of them have broken up as people get tired of walking for days or because authorities force them to a 55-year-old migrant from Cuba said he crossed from Guatemala to Mexico 45 days ago and waited in Ciudad Hidalgo to join the new caravan announced on social media Reyna also made mention of Trump's recent comments about how migrants are trying to "invade" the U.S "We are hard-working people who have left our country to get ahead in life because in our homeland we are suffering from many needs." Even if the caravan reaches the border before any additional measures are imposed The amount of apprehensions at the southern border over the past days have dropped drastically ever since the Biden administration implemented an executive action banning asylum-seeking once the seven-day average of daily encounters surpasses 2,500 and lifted once it drops below 1,500 New figures obtained by CBS Newsshow that over the past week the daily average of encounters reached roughly 1,650 The number for all of July currently stands at 1,800 apprehensions in July are continuing the downward trend with June already being the lowest of the Biden administration Central American migrants and a Spanish journalist ride a makeshift raft across the Suchiate River from Tecún Umán in Guatemala to Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas state Rosa Hidalia Palacios fled El Salvador in April She crossed into Mexico from Guatemala without a hitch riding on a little raft that ferries people and goods back and forth A few hundred yards down the Suchiate River from the rafting route Mexican immigration enforcement agents watched idly from the official border crossing Palacios hasn't made it much farther than the border as dozens of migration checkpoints cover all roads leading north waiting in line outside the little office of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid "Some nuns came by this morning and gave us coffee and bread." She's sitting on a rain-soaked piece of cardboard Before we were sleeping in the central park but immigration authorities started coming by and rounding up migrants." Hundreds of people wait outside the offices of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid in Tapachula Many have resorted to sleeping outside the office Migrants consider the area around the government's refugee office one of the few safe places in Tapachula Hundreds of people — most of them from Honduras Most of those outside the refugee office say they are fleeing danger back home and are filing asylum claims that would give them legal status in Mexico Last week, the U.S. and Mexican governments reached a deal to reduce Central American migration to the United States Mexico agreed to strengthen its immigration enforcement and also let migrants wait for U.S in exchange for avoiding tariffs threatened by Trump The June 7 agreement gave Mexico 45 days to show results in stopping migrants from traveling north But Mexico's refugee commission is already overwhelmed: There are only 48 staff members in the entire country and the commission expects to receive 60,000 asylum claims this year a number that may rise with further U.S.-Mexico negotiations Mexico has already reported a 196% increase in asylum applications this year according to the United Nations refugee agency agency recently announced it will fund new offices and staff for the Mexican refugee commission in addition to providing ongoing operational support "Forced displacement from Central America is straining asylum capacity across the region," UNHCR said this week calling for a coordinated regional approach to the issue President Andrés Manuel López Obrador cut the national refugee commission's budget this year to $1.2 million as part of a series of government cutbacks The government gives no aid to desperate people like Palacios the operations director for the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Center a nonprofit in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas state and municipal governments all completely lack humanitarian funds," he says "They completely ignore this responsibility and instead focus resources entirely on repression and enforcement." President López Obrador insists that migrants will be treated well which talks about how to treat the outsider," the president said in a press conference on Wednesday especially when they do it out of necessity Mexico's National Immigration Institute carries out daily roundups of migrants on the streets of Tapachula Migrants who have been held in the institute's Siglo XXI detention center in the city say they are poorly treated "It's horrible in there," says Jorge Medina it's really nasty and dirty where they keep us And there's a little solitary confinement room they kept me there three days in total darkness." A line forms outside the migrant detention center in Tapachula Most are waiting to file some sort of paperwork with the National Immigration Institute This facility holds more than 2,000 people in a site with a capacity for just 900 Medina is with his mother trying to get his 18-year-old brother José out of the detention center says she fled an abusive husband connected to the 18th Street gang in the capital of El Salvador and Mexico back to El Salvador in the last two years She and her five children are seeking asylum in Mexico but José didn't have his asylum paperwork on him when immigration agents stopped him at a checkpoint Mexican immigration agents take a man off a bus at a highway checkpoint Both federal police and the Mexican army also participate in these highway checkpoints "I've been to the local human rights office but no one has been able to help me get my son out," she says up 36% compared with the same period in 2018 according to the National Migration Institute The institute denied NPR's request for access to the detention facility and did not respond to questions or repeated interview requests is one of few people who is allowed inside this immigration detention center as part of humanitarian oversight the hygiene inside is all deplorable," says Lacruz what migrants probably don't even perceive Migrants don't have rights and they have no access to information or legal representation." He worries that Mexico is deporting asylum-seekers putting them at risk in their home country because "assailants notice when you flee and are more aggressive when you return home." Lacruz monitors the 16 immigration detention facilities in southern Chiapas state The Siglo XXI center has capacity for 900 detainees but often exceeds 1,400 and once documented more than 2,000 people held here At an 80-person detention center in the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez the total of those detained once exceeded 400 And those were the conditions before Mexico's promise last week to the U.S Mexican authorities say they'll deploy thousands of federal troops — most from a newly created National Guard — as well as a fleet of helicopters to stop the illegal border crossings on the river a Mexican immigration agent who was not authorized to speak to journalists told NPR that the immigration authorities are already stretched too thin "I have been traveling nonstop for the last seven months working at both the northern and southern borders," he says in between sweeps of buses and vans heading north "But I was hired to do an administrative job and they sent me out because we don't have enough people." Become an NPR sponsor a 3.4-meter tall puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl arrived Sunday in Ciudad Hidalgo on Mexico’s border with Guatemala and the gateway for thousands of migrants trying to reach the United States journeyed 14,500 kilometers across the United States and Mexico in one of the largest free public festivals ever created Ciudad Hidalgo was her last stop on this particular tour “Her journeys are festivals of art and hope that draw attention to the huge numbers of children fleeing war Her urgent message to the world is ‘Don’t forget about us,'” it says of the puppet that has so far visited 14 countries boarded wooden rafts and tractor tires to navigate the dangerous Suchiate River which serves as the border between Mexico and Guatemala she walked over the main Coyote Pass and the Palenque where she observed the camps where hundreds are stranded while waiting out the tortuous immigration procedures said that “many migrants come to (…) look for a better life sometimes it is not better because only they come to find death.” for migrants who come from different countries like Honduras It is hard to leave their country (…) It is something strange that has never been seen in this town it is a doll but it is real,” explained Velázquez who was dedicated to agriculture in his country explained that hundreds of people have lost their lives crossing the Suchiate River or the Rio Grande attempting to go to the US hope and empathy with the migrant community is generated In the Central Park of this border municipality Amal was named distinguished visitor by the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF) Suchiate Municipality President Sergio Peralta and Suchiate Mayor Sonia Eloína Aguilar went with her two daughters and said that the event was emotional and exciting and with messages of solidarity and empathy – something new for people who live in the region sad to see that she continues to look for her mother and at the same time gather so many migrants who are stranded or passing through,” the woman said UNHCR public information associate in Tapachula said that this was the last leg of Amal’s trip through Mexico where people have greeted her with great openness and interest A Boeing 727 aircraft retired from service in 2008 has been repurposed as a 21st-century library in Ciudad Hidalgo the plane has been visited by countless students since it opened in April 2018 10 years after it made its final landing at Mexico City airport The fuselage of the aircraft is equipped with the latest technology including high-speed internet and computers and tablets so that visiting students can conduct research It also has a projector and screen to show educational films The rear of the plane serves as a reading lounge where visitors can sit back and enjoy a traditional paper book while in the cockpit students can try their hand at flying the plane using a virtual reality flight simulator Library manager Yanet Martínez Sánchez told the newspaper El Universal that students from preschool right up to university have visited the plane free of charge to make use of its facilities and develop their research and reading skills a former federal lawmaker and current state deputy was responsible for getting the project off the ground After Aeroméxico withdrew the Boeing 727 from service it was kept in a hangar at the Mexico City airport for almost a decade before it was transferred to Ciudad Hidalgo by road in three pieces in March 2017 The reassembly and refitting of the plane was completed by the non-profit organization Suena México Suena (Dream Mexico Dream) and supported by the federal Secretariat of Culture Students from Ciudad Hidalgo’s 18 de Marzo primary school enjoyed all facets of their recent visit to the Library in the Clouds 8-year-old Kathy Hayden Hernández said the experience was very realistic explaining that she felt like she was really in control of the plane “The world looked very beautiful from above,” she added students commented that the experience was a unique and relaxing one “I really liked coming into an airplane to read I read the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and another about fish,” said one girl it’s relaxing because there’s not a lot of noise and [the experience] is very interesting,” said another Most of the students said they would like to return for a second visit Teacher Edith Silva Núñez said that the majority of her class hadn’t been on a plane before so the visit to the library wasn’t only academically enriching but also very exciting “The promotion of reading through technology is also very important; a lot of them don’t have the opportunity [to use] any kind of computer,” she added Source: El Universal (sp)  ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Part of Tracing the Migrant Journey from KJZZ's Fronteras Desk The Fronteras Desk reporting team joined migrants as they traveled thousands of miles to reach the U.S This multipart series put reporters on the ground in four countries to document the challenges migrants face on their trek through Central America The second leg of the journey took us to the Guatemala-Mexico border and Mexico regarding migration have hit hard on the borders not only between both nations but also between Mexico and Guatemala President Donald Trump’s threat on taxing Mexican goods unless migration stopped is having a direct effect on Mexico’s border with Guatemala not only migration is changing but also trade Like neighboring towns at the U.S.-Mexico border Mexico; are strongly linked by their roots and trade but separated by a river José Salejio takes me on his raft made with old tires and wood boards from the Guatemalan side to Mexico Salejio tells me many people used to cross He points at a raft sailing to the Guatemala side you would see dozens of rafts like that one Salejio makes his living crossing people and merchandise the father of two tells me he is deeply concerned citizens and officials from both sides of the border say not only migrants have stopped crossing here but also locals Esther López sells street food on the Mexican side of the Suchiate She says others like her are not even putting out their stands anymore “Everything was fine until the people from the Migration Office And this has severely affected our sales,” she said López refers to the deployment of the newly created National Guard and one of them approaches to ask for my name The Mexican Immigration Institute also reinforced its operations to avoid illegal crossings and to verify that Guatemalans carry the proper documentation to reach the Mexican side These actions were a direct response to Trump’s threats through Mexico dropped 39% from May to July But locals on the Mexican side like López complain that fear in Central America is hitting their pockets hard And not only trade is changing in the region migration is not criminalized and migrants are allowed to request for asylum or a permit to transit to the U.S But things have changed since the government reinforced the security Tapachula is the largest Mexican city near the Guatemala border And here is where thousands of migrants from Latin America many wait to get the asylum permit to keep traveling up to the U.S And he’s been stranded in Tapachula for four months I can work here (in Tapachula) with the temporary permit and packed with migrants," said the doctor fleeing from the Cuban regime Lozada says another problem are the extortions and scams from Mexican authorities and alleged lawyers who promise to expedite their asylum requests the Mexican government is just buying time to get them deported or to make them go back voluntarily “I don't want anything from the Mexican government I just want them to let me through,” Lozada said Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Mexico recently deployed 6,500 members of its newly formed National Guard to its southern states Responding to pressures from Donald Trump’s administration and to stresses placed on its own citizens by the constant flow of Central American and African immigrants bound for the United States the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is still building a response Obrador stated that Mexico is trying to continue to help those fleeing poverty and violence at home while still working to increase security and tighten border controls and deportations of immigrants are increasing straining Mexico’s already overtaxed capacity to hold detainees and process asylum seekers We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025 and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions Thousands of migrants from Honduras slowly push north as they attempt to cross into Mexico via Guatemala, en route to the U.S. border. The migrant caravan is increasingly becoming a humanitarian crisis as the migrants battle heat, exhaustion and a dangerous passage.The Mexican government has closed its southern borders indefinitely. President Donald Trump has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border if the migrant caravan continues north But the migrants vow to keep pushing through The following are some of the harrowing scenes developing around the border between Guatemala and Mexico Pictured above: Aerial view of a Honduran migrant caravan heading to the U.S. as it is stopped at a border barrier on the Guatemala-Mexico international bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo part of a caravan trying to reach the U.S. wade across the Suchiate River to avoid the border checkpoint in Ciudad Hidalgo A Mexican riot policeman shields an immigrant mother and child from flying rocks during a clash between police and the migrant caravan on the border between Ciudad Hidalgo A faceoff occurred when the caravan of thousands of migrants tried to enter Mexico after pushing past Guatemalan security forces The caravan pried open the gate into Mexico but were pushed back by Mexican riot police A Honduran migrant protects his child after fellow migrants stormed a border checkpoint in Ciudad Hidalgo A Honduran migrant boy carries a bag as he takes part in a caravan heading to the U.S on the road linking Ciudad Hidalgo and Tapachula A child who is part of the Honduran migrant caravan headed to the U.S stands next to tents at the International Mesoamerican Fair's venue in Tapachula Honduran migrants climb on a bus during a new leg of their travel Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S hold a crying baby while they struggle to cross one of the gates of the Guatemala-Mexico border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo Honduran migrants aboard a truck in Metapa on their way to Tapachula Honduran migrants stand in front of Honduran police blocking access to the Agua Caliente border with Guatemala as they try to join a migrant caravan heading to the U.S. A man points at a map amid a caravan of thousands of migrants from Central America as they walk towards Tapachula from Ciudad Hidalgo while en route to the United States Migrants bound for the U.S.-Mexico border wait on a bridge that stretches over the Suchiate River The gated entry into Mexico via the bridge has been closed Honduran migrants cross the Suchiate River a natural border between Guatemala and Mexico A paramedic checks the blood pressure of a migrant taking part in a caravan heading to the U.S. A Central American migrant is pictured after crossing the Suchiate River to avoid the border checkpoint in Ciudad Hidalgo Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inbox and more info about our products and services © 2025 CNBC LLC. All Rights Reserved. A Division of NBCUniversal Data also provided by Central American migrants walking to the U.S Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border thousands of Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S A growing crowd of Central American migrants in southern Mexico resumed its advance toward the U.S The numbers have overwhelmed Mexican officials' attempts to stop them at the border The Associated Press reports that the number of migrants has swelled to about 5,000 but an official in Mexico has put the number as high as 7,000 On Saturday, President Trump told reporters the migrants were "hardened criminals." With the November midterms less than three weeks away Trump has become more vocal about the mass migration If the Democrats would stop being obstructionists and come together we could write up and agree to new immigration laws in less than one hour Look at the needless pain and suffering that they are causing Look at the horrors taking place on the Border "Democrats want to throw your borders wide open to criminals Reporter James Fredrick was in southern Mexico and spoke to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro on Sunday He observed officials stopping migrants from crossing the bridge that stretches over the Suchiate River which is the legal crossing between Guatemala and Mexico did not stop those migrants who crossed the river by swimming or using rafts A group of Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River aboard a raft on the the border between Guatemala and Mexico After Mexican authorities slowed access through the border bridge to a crawl hundreds of migrants are boarding the rafts or wading across the river and crossing into Mexico illegally Several hundred migrants already had applied for refugee status in Mexico and an estimated 1,500 were still on the Guatemalan side It has not been clear where the additional travelers had gathered from since about 2,000 had been gathered on the Mexican side on Saturday night may be misconstrued since people have been joining and leaving the caravan daily Migrants marched on through Mexico shouting slogans like "Sí se pudo!" or "Yes Many of these migrants are fleeing poverty and violence we sold the little we had to come," she added "I'm doing this for my daughters and granddaughters." James tells NPR that people at the border say they'll do whatever is asked of them as long as they aren't sent back to Honduras The decision to form a migrant caravan came after some migrants gave up trying to enter Mexico legally because the asylum application process was too slow and most consider their final destination to be the U.S. where Trump says he will close the border on them "They're not coming into this country," Trump said at the rally a 40-year-old Honduran traveling with his wife and three sons tells James that he hopes Trump will change his mind "I believe Trump's heart may still be tender and one day he will feel peace and happiness and do good for us A previous version of this story misspelled the name of freelance reporter James Fredrick as Frederick Guatemala (AP) - The bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala was open again for business on Sunday but few migrants were crossing after a failed attempt to barge through by thousands of Central Americans the previous day More than 2,000 migrants spent the night in Tecun Uman is offering those who turn themselves over to authorities temporary jobs in southern Mexico But many of the migrants would rather pass through the country to try to start a new life in the United States Volunteers spooned out a hot breakfast of beans tortillas and coffee on Sunday to a line of migrants that stretched around the Senor de las Tres Caidas church a blue and white Spanish colonial-style structure with a bell perched on top that's in the heart of Tecun Uman 'œWe improvised this shelter because the other one was crowded,'ť said Alfredo Camarena Camarena estimated that more than 2,000 migrants spent the night in his church and that several hundred more would arrive in the coming days Mexican national guardsmen on Saturday slammed shut a metal fence that reads 'œWelcome to Mexico'ť to block the path of thousands of Central American migrants who attempted to push their way across the Rodolfo Robles Bridge Mexican troops in riot gear formed a human wall to reinforce the barrier as the crowd pressed forward Vicente Hernández stood beyond the green bars and the Mexican government will find you jobs 'œThere are opportunities for all,'ť he promised Migrants looking for permission to stay in Mexico passed through in groups of 20 around 300 turned themselves over to Mexican immigration represents a new twist in the country's efforts to find humane solutions to the mostly Central American migrants who are fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries Under threat of trade and other sanctions from the U.S. Mexico has stepped up efforts in recent months to prevent migrants from reaching their desired final destination: the U.S The Suchiate River has sometimes been a point for standoffs as migrants group together for strength in numbers hoping that they can force their way across the bridge The water levels of the river have been low enough this weekend to allow those who dare to 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Radiolab is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser A Central American migrant carries a child as he waits for his humanitarian visa from Mexican migration officials to be processed on the border between Mexico and Guatemala Many Central American migrants are waiting for Mexican officials to issue them humanitarian visas which give them permission to be in Mexico for one year On today's show: Professor of philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley joins us to talk about his new book "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them." International human rights lawyer Helena Olea joins today’s Eyes On Mexico to discuss Central American migration at the southern Mexican border For the second year the Rotary Club of Naperville is holding an event to get people more involved in development projects around the world Crowds of migrants resumed their long journey north on Sunday from the Mexican border city of Ciudad Hidalgo according to Mexican federal police officers a city about 37 km (23 miles) north of the Mexico-Guatemala border There were about 10 buses awaiting migrants along the highway between Tapachula and Ciudad Hidalgo and the drivers had been instructed to carry the migrants to shelters in Tapachula It was unclear how many of the group were from the migrant caravan and how many were Mexicans who joined the march told CNN he crossed into Mexico via a float that carried him across the muddy Suchiate River on Saturday and was ultimately bound for either Mexico or the U.S Approximately 640 migrants requested asylum in Mexico according to a statement from the Mexican government and the National Migration Institute Authorities have given "priority attention to 164 women 104 children and elders," the statement said adding that some of the women are pregnant and there is at least one unaccompanied minor An additional statement from the Mexican government said there were 2,2000 migrants remaining on the bridge connecting Guatemala and Mexico and about 900 tried to cross into Mexico illegally The Honduran Foreign Ministry previously said 2,000 people in the caravan had turned around and headed home Thousands of Central American migrants fleeing poverty and violence were initially prevented from crossing the bridge On Friday Mexican authorities began allowing a trickle of migrants to pass through the gates and board buses bound for refugee camps Others pushed through or climbed over a steel gate before riot police stopped them with tear gas and smoke canisters It's unclear exactly how many migrants were allowed to legally cross the border into Mexico with the punishing heat bearing down on them some migrants took matters into their own hands and crossed into Mexico on rafts that ferried them across the river One of the migrants marching to Ciudad Hidalgo also said his goal was to find work in the United States so he could feed his family including two daughters he left behind in Honduras He was carrying a pink backpack and a blanket for a woman who also had a small child It's unclear whether the caravan will be allowed to reach the U.S Mexican authorities previously outlined their plan to respond to the caravan once it arrived at their border • Anyone with a valid visa will be able to enter and move freely • Anyone who wants to be recognized as a refugee or as a beneficiary of "complementary protection measures" must do so individually Those who do so will be held "at a migratory station" for as many as 45 business days • Anyone who enters "in an irregular manner" will be "rescued and subject to an administrative procedure and will be returned to their country of origin in a safe and orderly manner." Mexican authorities also have said they're asking for help from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to process migrants seeking refugee status The caravan formed October 13 in San Pedro Sula Its slow procession north has prompted U.S President Donald Trump to threaten to cut aid to Central American nations and to send troops to the U.S US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with top officials in Mexico City on Friday night to discuss the caravan and other matters Pompeo accused the caravan of using women and children "as shields as they make their way through." "This is an organized effort to come through and violate the sovereignty of Mexico," Pompeo said The caravan formed just weeks before the US midterm elections And many Republican candidates have echoed Trump's rhetoric about boosting border security and cracking down on illegal immigration President has pointed to the caravan as a key issue in the upcoming elections saying -- without evidence -- they wanted the caravan to arrive before Election Day so the migrants would vote for Democrats the migrants would not be citizens and would not be allowed to vote Report a typo CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on the caravan of Central American migrants hoping to reach the United States (all times local): A migrant caravan whose numbers swelled overnight to an estimated 5,000 people at the Mexico-Guatemala border has resumed its march toward the U.S. frontier. The migrants had grown frustrated with Mexico's attempts to process them and circumvented authorities by crossing the Suchiate river illegally. They have begun walking out of the border city of Ciudad Hidalgo at first light Sunday morning, headed 10 abreast for their next stop: the city of Tapachula. It's not immediately clear where the additional travelers materialized from. But during a caravan last spring, many migrants who had been working and living at the Guatemala-Mexico border decided to join the caravan when it passed because it was safer to travel together. Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border, about 2,000 Central American migrants swam or rafted across a river separating that country from Guatemala, re-formed their mass caravan in Mexico and vowed to resume their journey toward the United States. The migrants say they gave up trying to enter Mexico legally because the asylum application process was too slow. They gathered Saturday at a park in the border city of Ciudad Hidalgo and voted by a show of hands to continue north en masse, then marched to the bridge crossing the Suchiate River and urged those still on it to come join them. The decision to re-form the migrant caravan Saturday capped a day in which Mexican authorities again refused mass entry to migrants on the bridge. Instead they accepted small groups for asylum processing and giving out 45-day visitor permits to some. You don't have permission to access the page you requested. What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed. CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of Central American migrants who entered southern Mexico in recent days have either been pushed back into Guatemala by Mexican troops, shipped to detention centers or returned to Honduras, officials said Tuesday. An unknown number slipped past Mexican authorities and continued north. The latest migrant caravan provided a public platform for Mexico to show the U.S. government and migrants thinking of making the trip that it has refined its strategy and produced its desired result: This caravan will not advance past its southern border. What remained unclear was the treatment of the migrants who already find themselves on their way back to the countries they fled last week. “Mexico doesn't have the capacity to process so many people in such a simple way in a couple of days," said Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, a professor at George Mason University studying how the caravans form. The caravan of thousands had set out from Honduras in hopes Mexico would grant them passage, posing a fresh test of U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to reduce the flow of migrants arriving at the U.S. border by pressuring other governments to stop them. Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said 2,400 migrants entered Mexico legally over the weekend. About 1,000 of them requested Mexico's help in returning to their countries. The rest were being held in immigration centers while they start legal processes that would allow them to seek refuge in Mexico or obtain temporary work permits that would confine them to southern Mexico. On Tuesday afternoon, Jesus, a young father from Honduras who offered only his first name, rested in a shelter in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, with his wife and their baby, unsure of what to do next. “No country's policy sustains us," he said in response to hearing Ebrard's comments about the situation. “If we don't work, we don't eat. (He) doesn't feed us, doesn't care for our children.” Honduran officials said more than 600 of its citizens were expected to arrive in that country Tuesday by plane and bus and more would follow in the coming days. Of an additional 1,000 who tried to enter Mexico illegally Monday by wading across the Suchiate river, most were either forced back or detained later by immigration agents, according to Mexican officials. Most of the hundreds stranded in the no-man's land on the Mexican side of the river Monday night returned to Guatemala in search of water, food and a place to sleep. Late Tuesday, the first buses carrying Hondurans left Tecun Uman with approximately 150 migrants heading back to their home country. Mexican authorities distributed no water or food to those who entered illegally, in what appeared to be an attempt by the government to wear out the migrants. Alejandro Rendón, an official from Mexico's social welfare department, said his colleagues were giving water to those who turned themselves in or were caught by immigration agents, but were not doing the same along the river because it was not safe for workers to do so. “It isn’t prudent to come here because we can’t put the safety of the colleagues at risk,” he said. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that the government is trying to protect the migrants from harm by preventing them from traveling illegally through the country. He said they need to respect Mexican laws. “If we don't take care of them, if we don't know who they are, if we don't have a register, they pass and get to the north, and the criminal gangs grab them and assault them, because that's how it was before,” he said. “They disappeared them.” Mexican Interior Minister Olga Sánchez Cordero commended the National Guard for its restraint, saying: “In no way has there been an act that we could call repression and not even annoyance." But Honduras' ambassador to Mexico said there had been instances of excessive force on the part of the National Guard. “We made a complaint before the Mexican government,” Alden Rivera said in an interview with HCH Noticias without offering details. He also conceded migrants had thrown rocks at Mexican authorities. An Associated Press photograph of a Mexican National Guardsman holding a migrant in a headlock was sent via Twitter by acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli with the message: “We appreciate Mexico doing more than they did last year to interdict caravans attempting to move illegally north to our southern border.” “They absolutely must be satisfied with (Mexico's) actions because in reality it's their (the United States') plan,” said Correa Cabrera, the George Mason professor. “They're congratulating themselves, because in reality it wasn't López Obrador's plan.” She said it is an complicated issue for Mexico, but the National Guard had no business being placed at the border to handle immigration because they weren't trained for it. The government “is sending a group that doesn't know how to and can't protect human rights because they're trained to do other kinds of things,” she said. Mexico announced last June that it was deploying the newly formed National Guard to assist in immigration enforcement to avoid tariffs that Trump threatened on Mexican imports. Darlin René Romero and his wife were among the few who spent the night pinned between the river and Mexican authorities. Rumors had circulated through the night that “anything could happen, that being there was very dangerous,” Romero said. But the couple from Copan, Honduras, spread a blanket on the ground and passed the night 20 yards from a line of National Guard troops forming a wall with their riot shields. They remained confident that Mexico would allow them to pass through and were trying to make it to the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, where his sister lives. They said a return home to impoverished and gang-plagued Honduras, where most of the migrants are from, was unthinkable. Associated Press writer Maria Verza reported this story in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, and AP writer Sonia Pérez D. reported from Tecun Uman, Guatemala. AP writer Marlon González in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, AP videojournalist Diego Salgado in Tecun Uman and AP writer Christopher Sherman in Mexico City contributed to this report. Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Caravan vows to carry on to US after being held up at bridge CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico - Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the border, about 2,000 Central American migrants swam or rafted across a river separating the country from Guatemala, re-formed their mass caravan in Mexico and vowed to resume their journey toward the United States. The migrants, who said they gave up trying to enter Mexico legally because the asylum application process was too slow, gathered on Saturday at a park in the border city of Ciudad Hidalgo. They voted by a show of hands to continue north en masse, then marched to the bridge crossing the Suchiate River and urged those still on it to join them. "We are going to reach the United States," said Erasmo Duarte, a migrant from Danli, Honduras, despite warnings US President Donald Trump. Trump, speaking at a rally in Elko, Nevada, kept up his rhetoric against the migrants and suggested the caravan was politically motivated. "The Democrats want caravans, they like the caravans. A lot of people say'I wonder who started that caravan?'" he said. Last week, Trump threatened to cut aid to the region, deploy the military and close the US-Mexican border if authorities did not stop them. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his Guatemalan counterpart Jimmy Morales continued Trump's theme after they met in Guatemala to discuss the crisis on Saturday. "This migration has political motivations," said Morales, "which is violating the borders and the good faith of the states and of course putting at risk the most important thing, people." Hernandez also deplored "the abuse of people's needs" for "political reasons". "Without a doubt, we have a lot to do so that our people can have opportunities in their communities," he said. The decision to re-form the migrant caravan capped a day in which Mexican authorities again refused mass entry to migrants on the bridge, instead accepting dozens of women and children. Authorities also handed out numbers for people to be processed in a strategy seen before at US border posts when dealing with large numbers of migrants. But many became impatient and circumvented the border gate, crossing the river on rafts, by swimming or by wading in full view of the hundreds of Mexican police manning the blockade on the bridge. Some paid locals the equivalent of $1.25 to ferry them across. They were not detained on reaching the Mexican side. Sairy Bueso, a 24-year old Honduran mother of two, was among those who abandoned the bridge and crossed via the river. She clutched her 2-year-old daughter Dayani, who had recently had a heart operation, as she got off a raft. "The girl suffered greatly because of all the people crowded" on the bridge, Bueso said. "There are risks that we must take for the good of our children." Group leaders said the caravan would strike out on Sunday morning for the city of Tapachula. Guatemala has organized a fleet of buses to take Hondurans back to their country and more than 300 people have taken up the offer. But many more have hunkered down in shelters, with about 5,100 migrants registered in three facilities in Ciudad Hidalgo, while another 2,000 had camped out for the night in the town's central square, said Gerardo Hernandez, head of the local government's emergency services. "It's really full. You can't even walk, there's just so many people," he said referring to the plaza. "So far, they're all peaceful, thank God." The migrants are generally fleeing poverty and insecurity in Honduras, where street gangs rule with brutal violence. With a homicide rate of 43 per 100,000 citizens, Honduras is one of the most violent countries in the world. 201912:02 AM UTCReuters wins Pulitzer Prize for migrant coverageReuters wins the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for its coverage of migrants traveling to the United States [1/20]Migrant children are led by staff in single file between tents at a detention facility next to the Mexican border in Tornillo part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States crawls through a hole under a border wall to illegally cross into the United States from Tijuana after crossing the Guatemala border into Mexico [5/20]A Honduran migrant protects his child after fellow migrants stormed a border checkpoint at the Guatemala - Mexico border part of a caravan from Central America trying to reach the U.S. cries due to excess heat and humidity as migrants seek asylum at the Guatemala Mexico border checkpoint in Ciudad Hidalgo [8/20]A migrant girl traveling with a caravan of thousands from Central America en route to the U.S holds her belongings while making her way to Mapastepec from Huixtla return to Mexico after being hit by tear gas by U.S Customs and Border Protection officials after attempting to illegally cross the border wall into the United States in Tijuana holds a young girl as others jump over the border wall to enter the United States illegally from Tijuana [11/20]A man proceeds with caution as he pulls a raft with families seeking asylum from Central America as they illegally cross the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico as seen from Granjeno is led through dense brush by his mother Juana Maria after a group of two dozen families members illegally crossed the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico Border Patrol agent Marcelino Medina looks for others as he apprehends a migrant woman and man for illegally crossing into the U.S [14/20]A nine year old migrant girl from Guatemala sits in the back of a U.S Border Patrol vehicle after she was apprehended for illegally crossing into the U.S lies covered in a white cloth after it was located by U.S Border Patrol agents in the Sonoran Desert in Pima County [17/20]Friends and family carry a coffin with the remains of Jakelin Caal a 7-year-old girl Guatemalan girl who died after she and her father were detained by U.S during her funeral in her home village of San Antonio Secortez draped in a covering with an image of the American flag walks ahead of his mother towards a plane deporting migrants back to Honduras from Mexico at the Tapachula International Airport in Tapachula an asylum seeker from Honduras separated from her six year-old son Jenri near the Mexico-U.S [20/20]Luis Acosta helps carry 5-year-old Angel Jesus as a caravan of migrants from Central America en route to the United States crossed through the Suchiate River into Mexico from Guatemala in the outskirts of Tapachula , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved 2/8 Central American migrants heading to the United States receive their visitors card from immigration officials in Ciudad Hidalgo 3/8 Honduran migrants who have applied for humanitarian visas wait for their final documents in Ciudad Hidalgo Mexico that will allow them to seek work in Mexico or go to the border with the United States 4/8 Central American migrants rest as they arrive at Huixtla 5/8 Central American migrants rest as they arrive at Huixtla 6/8 Central American migrants rest in a shelter in Ciudad Hidalgo 7/8 Honduran migrants who decided to accept humanitarian visas wait on the bridge that crosses the river Suchiate to enter Mexican territory through the city of Hidalgo 8/8 Honduran migrants cross the Guatemala-Mexico border in Ciudad Hidalgo Print Reporting from Ciudad Hidalgo Mexico — A decision by Mexico’s new government to liberalize entry rules for foreigners seeking “humanitarian” visas has in recent days sparked a new influx of Central Americans many of them intent on making it to the United States Most are not converging on Mexico’s southern border here in organized caravans but rather in groups drawn by news that the government is offering the one-year visas — which include the right to work in Mexico Although some applicants say they may consider remaining in Mexico many acknowledge that their ultimate aim is to enter the United States and apply for political asylum Mexico said Thursday it had received more than 12,000 applications for the new humanitarian visas here at its southern border post with Guatemala nearly 10,000 adults and more than 2,000 minors The number of applicants is growing each day The bridge spanning the Suchiate River — which forms the frontier between Mexico and Guatemala — is packed with hundreds of visa applicants some sleeping on the bridge to await their turn Thousands are waiting for visas on the Mexican side and thousands more wait in the Guatemalan town of Tecun Uman The vast majority of applicants are Central Americans but there are also considerable numbers of Guatemalans The visas are a result of the liberalized entry policies of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador 1 vowing to respect the human rights of Central American migrants seeking to enter Mexico Previous Mexican administrations, under pressure from Washington, set up strict border controls and deported tens of thousands of undocumented Central Americans in recent years But Lopez Obrador has signaled that he is intent on a different approach — one that could draw concerns in Washington where the Trump administration has made reducing Central American migration a priority “We heard about the opportunity for visas and decided this was our chance,” said Susy Polanco who was among an extended family of eight Nicaraguans waiting Wednesday on the bridge over the Suchiate Among her co-travelers were her 8-year-old daughter All eight plan to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border present themselves to American authorities and seek political asylum in the United States “There is too much repression now in Nicaragua,” added Polanco, who said her family and most of her neighborhood in Managua, the capital, were against the government led by President Daniel Ortega. The Ortega government, which has faced more than a year of opposition protests, has stepped up oppression including illegal arrests, torture and closed trials in recent months The new influx in southern Mexico follows the arrival here last week of the most recent organized caravan of some 2,000 migrants They were the first to be eligible for the new visas Word that Mexico was offering caravan participants the new humanitarian visas traveled quickly through Central America and prompted others to make their way to the Mexican border bridge here Central American migrants wait to enter the bridge over the Suchiate River on the border between Guatemala and Mexico (Moises Castillo / Associated Press) “Of course we all want to go to the United States; that’s where opportunity is,” said Roberto Garcia one of a group of Hondurans using a towel with a U.S flag painted on it to shade themselves from the intense midday sun on the bridge Last week, as the most recent caravan was entering Mexico Trump charged in a Twitter message that Mexico was “doing NOTHING to stop the Caravan which is now fully formed and heading to the United States.” Trump has described previous migrant caravans as an “invasion” and a threat to U.S and his dispute with Congress about building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has resulted in an ongoing government shutdown Migrants seeking Mexico’s new visas face at least a five-day wait here as authorities process their applications Mexican officials have been providing food medical attention and other services to applicants (()=>{const e=document.getElementById("yt-img-IRUAWSShAHc");e&&e.addEventListener("load",(t=>{t.target.naturalWidth<=120&&(e.parentNode.children[0].srcset=e.parentNode.children[1].srcset=e.src)}),{once:!0})})() As Hondurans wait to apply for humanitarian visas in Mexico they chant for the resignation of their country’s president toured the Mexican immigration facilities here with other officials and received a rousing ovation from the multitudes waiting in line on the bridge Once they receive their visas, recipients will be free to travel and work anywhere in Mexico, without a need to hunker down in caravans as protection against deportation — and against gangs that often prey on Central Americans traversing Mexico illegally “This is a great opportunity for me,” said Jose Maria Perdomo who said he was deported from the United States nine months ago but would eventually like to reunite with two daughters maybe I will stay in Mexico for a while and work — the situation here is a lot better than in Honduras But my ultimate goal is to be with my children again in Iowa.” Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said authorities had received 8,727 petitions for humanitarian visas from adult migrants since last week but those seeking the visas also included scattered numbers of Haitians Cecilia Sanchez of The Times’ Mexico City bureau and special correspondent Liliana Nieto del Rio in Ciudad Hidalgo contributed to this report patrick.mcdonnell@latimes.com Twitter: @PmcdonnellLAT Foreign correspondent Patrick J. McDonnell is the Los Angeles Times Mexico City bureau chief and previously headed Times bureaus in Beirut, Buenos Aires and Baghdad. A native of the Bronx, McDonnell is a graduate of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard. World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map 201811:42 PM UTCChildren of the caravanAn estimated 2,300 children are traveling with the migrant caravan headed north to the U.S.-Mexico border adding that they needed protection and access to essential services like healthcare as they make their way to Pijijiapan from Mapastepec [2/32]A man carries a girl through the Suchiate River into Mexico from Guatemala in Ciudad Hidalgo rest at in a small town after crossing the river from Guatemala to Mexico in Ciudad Hidalgo and continuing to walk in Mexico October 29 lays next to her dolls as she rests in Santiago Niltepec [5/32]Migrants sleep at the border crossing after they were stopped there the day before in Ciudad Tecun Uman [6/32]A migrant woman pushes her son in a wheelchair as she walks along the highway to Juchitan from Santiago Niltepec look out from the metal bars of a truck after hitching a ride to Arriaga from Pijijiapan [8/32]A migrant woman attempts to pull her daughter onto the back of a moving pick-up truck while hitching a ride to Juchitan from San Pedro Tapanatepec [9/32]Central American migrants cross the Suchiate river the natural border between Guatemala and Mexico REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsCIUDAD HIDALGO a 1-year-old migrant girl traveling from Honduras cries because she is hungry as she rests on the roadside in Santiago Niltepec play inside a church as they rest in San Pedro Tapanatepec REUTERS/Ueslei MarcelinoSAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC bathes in Rio Novillero as her father Carlos Martinez washes her hair in San Pedro Tapanatepec flag-themed dress as she stands in a makeshift camp in Tapanatepec [15/32]A doll of Central American migrant is pictured along the highway to Arriaga from Pijijiapan [16/32]A girl holds her belongings while making her way to Mapastepec from Huixtla [17/32]Central American migrants wait after crossing the Suchiate river [18/32]Migrants bathe in a freshwater stream is held by his father Julio Garcia Marquez while resting in Tapanatepec said they left their home six days earlier to join the caravan of people because his wife was killed five months ago and he feels he will have a better life in the United States part of a caravan of thousands from Central America en route to the United States holds his daughter Belinda Izabel as he walks along the highway to Juchitan from Santiago Niltepec An estimated 2,300 children are traveling with the migrant caravan headed north to the U.S.-Mexico border More in this CollectionSee all picturesItem 21 of 32 Honduran children play with water fountains on the sidewalks of Tapachula city center REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino[21/32]Honduran children play with water fountains on the sidewalks of Tapachula city center REUTERS/Ueslei MarcelinoShare this gallery during a binational mass in support of migrants and in memory of those who died trying to cross illegally into the U.S. Choi Won-suk is a photojournalist at The Korea Times he also worked as a photojournalist with AFP and St graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism degree (Cum Laude) from the University of Missouri - Columbia and a Master of Arts in Photography from Ohio University - Athens Choi covered various news events such as presidential elections the 2019 North Korea-United States Hanoi Summit and 2022 Qatar World Cup Choi believes in local journalism and finds a lot of joy telling life stories of ordinary citizens in small neighborhoods Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time Mexico: A growing throng of Central American migrants has resumed their advance toward the US border in southern Mexico overwhelming Mexican government attempts to stop them at the border Their numbers swelled to about 5000 overnight into Sunday and at first light they set out walking toward the Mexican town of Tapachula 10 abreast in a line stretching approximately 1½ kilometres Several hundred more already had applied for refugee status in Mexico and an estimated 1500 were still on the Guatemalan side of the Suchiate River It was not immediately clear where the additional travellers had materialised from since about 2000 had been gathered on the Mexican side on Saturday night But people have been joining and leaving the caravan daily some moving at their own pace and strung out in a series of columns as they moved across Guatemala They marched on through Mexico like a ragtag army of the poor shouting triumphantly slogans like "Si se pudo!" or "Yes As they passed through Mexican villages on the outskirts of Ciudad Hidalgo cheers and donations of food and clothing from Mexicans Central American migrants walking to the US start their day departing Ciudad Hidalgo a resident of the neighbourhood of Lorenzo handed out free sandals to the migrants as they passed "It's solidarity," she said Besi Jaqueline Lopez of San Pedro Sula carried an improbable stuffed polar bear with a winter cap the favourite - and only - toy of her two daughters Lopez said she couldn't find work in Honduras She wants to reach the USA but would stay in Mexico if she could find work here "My goal is to find work for a better future for my daughters," she said but had to push on to reach their goal of making it to the US said he took a raft across the river after Mexico blocked the bridge "We knocked down the door and we continue walking." He wants to reach the US to work A man carrying a boy gives the child water while walking with a caravan of Central American migrants heading for the US.Credit: AP who said they gave up trying to enter Mexico legally because the asylum application process was too slow and most want to continue to the US gathered on Saturday at a park in the border city of Ciudad Hidalgo They voted by a show of hands to continue north en masse then marched to the bridge crossing the Suchiate River and urged those still on it to come join them The decision to re-form the migrant caravan capped a day in which Mexican authorities again refused mass entry to migrants on the bridge instead accepting small groups for asylum processing and giving out 45-day visitor permits to some Authorities handed out numbers for people to be processed in a strategy seen before at US border posts when dealing with large numbers of migrants But many became impatient and circumventing the border gate by swimming or by wading in full view of the hundreds of Mexican police manning the blockade on the bridge Some paid locals the equivalent of $1.70 to ferry them across the muddy waters They were not detained on reaching the Mexican bank was another migrant who abandoned the bridge and crossed into Mexico via the river She clutched her 2-year-old daughter Dayani A group of Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River on the the border between Guatemala and Mexico Others attempted to swim across.Credit: AP "The girl suffered greatly because of all the people crowded" on the bridge "There are risks that we must take for the good of our children." In addition to those who crossed the river immigration agents processed migrants in small groups and then bused them to an open-air where the Red Cross set up small blue tents on the concrete floor Mexico's Interior Department said it had received 640 refugee requests by Hondurans at the border crossing It released photos of migrants getting off buses at a shelter and receiving food and medical attention federal police monitored the caravan's progress from a helicopter and had a few units escorting it Outside Tapachula about 500 federal police briefly gathered along the highway on buses and in patrol units but officers said their instructions were to maintain traffic on the highway not stop the caravan They moved on toward Tapachula before the caravan reached them A group of migrants rests at the central park in Ciudad Hidalgo Migrants cited widespread poverty and gang violence in Honduras one of the world's deadliest nations by homicide rate says corruption and a lack of jobs in Honduras has stymied him "We just want to move ahead with our lives," he said Sunday The caravan elicited a series of angry tweets and warnings from Trump early in the week but Mexico's initial handling of the migrants at its southern border seemed to have satisfied him more recently I thank Mexico," Trump said Friday at an event in Scottsdale we're calling up the military - not the Guard." "They're not coming into this country," Trump added "The Mexican Government is fully engaged in finding a solution that encourages safe and orderly migration," State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Saturday "and both the United States and Mexico continue to work with Central American governments to address the economic and governance drivers of illegal immigration." After an emergency meeting in Guatemala, presidents Hernandez of Honduras and Jimmy Morales of Guatemala said an estimated 5400 migrants had entered Guatemala since the caravan was announced a week ago and about 2000 Hondurans have returned voluntarily Morales said a Honduran migrant died in the town of Villa Nueva 10 abreast in a line stretching approximately 1\\u00BD kilometres It was not immediately clear where the additional travellers\\u00A0had materialised\\u00A0from since about 2000 had been gathered on the Mexican side on Saturday night shouting triumphantly slogans like \\\"Si se pudo!\\\" or \\\"Yes a resident of the neighbourhood\\u00A0of Lorenzo handed out free sandals to the migrants as they passed the favourite\\u00A0- and only - toy of her two daughters Lopez said she couldn't find work in Honduras \\\"My goal is to find work for a better future for my daughters,\\\" she said \\\"We knocked down the door and we continue walking.\\\" He wants to reach the US to work \\\"The girl suffered greatly because of all the people crowded\\\" on the bridge \\\"There are risks that we must take for the good of our children.\\\" Mexico's Interior Department said it had received 640 refugee requests by Hondurans at the border crossing federal police monitored the caravan's progress from a helicopter and had a few units escorting it one of the world's deadliest nations by homicide rate \\\"We just want to move ahead with our lives,\\\" he said Sunday but Mexico's initial handling of the migrants at its southern border seemed to have satisfied him more recently I thank Mexico,\\\" Trump said Friday at an event in Scottsdale we're calling up the military - not the Guard.\\\" \\\"They're not coming into this country,\\\" Trump added \\\"The Mexican Government is fully engaged in finding a solution that encourages safe and orderly migration,\\\" State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Saturday \\\"and both the United States and Mexico continue to work with Central American governments to address the economic and governance drivers of illegal immigration.\\\" presidents Hernandez of Honduras and Jimmy Morales of Guatemala said an estimated 5400 migrants had entered Guatemala Una pareja de Tapachula fue premiada durante el evento “Orgullo Latino” La Fiscalía General de Chiapas detiene a la pareja del occiso y ofrece recompensa por el paradero del director prófugo Maestros del SNTE-CNTE anunciaron un paro de labores indefinido en protesta por el incumplimiento del gobierno federal a sus demandas Plaza Galería celebra el Día de las Madres con la exposición “Un regalo para mamá” Miles de migrantes varados en la frontera sur de México enfrentan una crisis de salud mental agravada por la falta de empleo Más de una decena de colonias de Tapachula han desarrollado sus propios sistemas de vigilancia vecinal La historia de Carmelita Cerdio Villagómez es un relato inspirador de cómo una pasión heredada se convirtió en una exitosa empresa familiar el 28.1% de las mujeres mayores de 15 años han sufrido violencia por parte de su pareja de acuerdo al INEGI El cierre de estos establecimientos representan pérdidas económicas millonarias para las empresas quienes molían en promedio entre 7 y 10 toneladas de fruta Mandamos a tu correo el mejor resumen informativo tiene contemplado más de 450 kilómetros de rieles hasta la frontera con Guatemala en la búsqueda por conectar Centroamérica en el traslado de cargas y personas trabajadores efectúan la colocación de diques en el municipio de Huixtla que cumplirán con la función de permitir el tránsito de los vagones del tren “por aire” y no a nivel de suelo como solía hacerlo antes de 2014 así como toda la red ferroviaria sufrió afectaciones por el huracán Stan En este lugar se observa también a hombres en tareas de acondicionamiento de estas enormes estructuras Los trabajadores pintan en color naranja los bloques que son alistados para ser instalados en el puente aéreo además de toda la línea que conduce y atraviesa la mancha urbana de Huixtla con el objetivo de librar las avenidas de la ciudad del tránsito del tren para evitar accidentes o situaciones de peligro quienes en varias oportunidades se manifestaron reclamando afectaciones por las obras que realizaban la decisión de hacer pasar el ferrocarril por este puente elevado se dio después de acuerdos para evitar que la locomotora atravesara por debajo y ocasionara más perjuicios ciudadanos de este municipio denunciaron por medio de marchas ciudadanas que varias viviendas tuvieron daños en sus estructuras debido al uso de maquinaria pesada En otros puntos de la región sur del estado de Chiapas Mapastepec y municipios que limitan con Oaxaca las obras de rehabilitación del tren registran importantes avances en medio de la discusión si este medio será una nueva herramienta para miles de migrantes que cruzan por el sur de México La Línea K no solo pretende conectar con Oaxaca sino también con el estado de Veracruz y alcanzar un ramal con el Tren Maya que corre por la Rivera de la República Nosotros | Publicidad | Suscripciones | Contacto | Aviso de Privacidad