Migrants stranded on the southern border of Mexico consider their options
Migrants stranded on the southern border of Mexico consider their options
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala - Hundreds of Honduran migrants stranded at this border crossing with Mexico began returning to their homes on Saturday, while others tried to cross the muddy river that divides the countries in a desperate attempt to continue their march north.
The Mexican caravan kept the caravan at bay to the United States with about 5,000 Honduran migrants, since He tried to violate the southern border of Mexico.. Hundreds of people spent the night on the international bridge over the Suchiate River, as Mexican authorities restricted the entry of asylum seekers, giving priority to women with children.
The Interior Ministry of Mexico said on Saturday that 640 immigrants seeking asylum, including 104 children, have been allowed in. Local and federal authorities in Mexico and Guatemala are providing food and medical assistance to stranded migrants.
On Saturday, hundreds of migrants who crossed the river to Mexico voted in a show of hands to re-form their caravan and continue their march north.
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández said that some 1,900 Hondurans had already returned to their homes. The immigrants will be offered "a package of opportunities" to improve their lives, Hernandez said at a press conference in Guatemala City, though he did not offer details.
The Guatemalan authorities estimate that the number of people returning home is not so great, but it is still significant. Some 800 people left the city on Saturday in buses, said Filiberto Gomez, a Guatemalan immigration official.
Mr. Hernandez said that the participants of the caravan had been manipulated to undertake a dangerous journey with false promises. "For political reasons, the desperation of human beings is used to obtain advantages," Hernández told his countrymen after meeting with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, implying that the internal political opposition is trying to discredit his government.
The great march, which has angered President Trump, began last week with about 200 people. They met in San Pedro Sula, one of the most dangerous cities in the Western Hemisphere, with the idea of going in caravan to the US. UU
Group members were encouraged to try their luck because several migrants who had traveled in a previous caravan earlier this year had obtained refugee status in the US. UU., Said Eldan Cruz, a communications consultant in San Pedro, who said he knew something about the organizers.
The first recruits of the caravan found out through WhatsApp. Then, the local media began to cover the preparations for the caravan and the number of people who enrolled in a balloon. "It's a case of collective hysteria," said Mr. Cruz. He believes that the caravan was the result of the poverty and despair that exists in Honduras, and not because of the political conspiracy.
Mr. Trump ended a series of political rallies in the western state on Saturday with an attack on illegal immigration, taking advantage of the caravan of Honduran migrants while trying to gather Republican Party voters before the Nov. 6 election and claiming that Democrats "want caravans."
"We really appreciate what Mexico has done on the border," President Trump said as he went to the rally in Nevada "Now Mexico respects the leadership of the United States."
Mr. Trump said that the caravan had been organized by "bad" people and also had "bad" people.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., California), Democratic leaders in Congress, issued a joint statement saying that Trump is "desperate" to change the issue of health care to the Immigration Because voters are opposed to the policies of the Republican Party on health.
While some migrants returned to Tecun Uman's city hall to take a bus back home, some 300 Honduran travelers crossed the river illegally on Friday, said Carlos Martinez, owner of an improvised raft used to smuggle people and goods between the two countries. .
"We should continue with the caravan. Going through Mexico alone is too dangerous; together we are stronger, "said Miguel Durán, 20, to a group of fellow migrants who lined up on the bridge to receive a chicken dish with rice and beans distributed by the Guatemalan authorities.
The illegal crossing is more risky due to the strong presence of Mexican police across the river, he said. His group of friends fled Honduras to avoid being recruited as armed men by the criminal gang Mara 18, he said.
Some 500 police officers have been deployed to the border in recent days. If they are arrested, those who cross the river will be deported.
"We're going to cross the river because they did not let us in through the bridge, and we're tired of waiting," says Manuel Antonio Salina, a thin man who is part of a group of six Hondurans, all in their 30s, who seek Join other migrants in Mexico and march to the United States.
On the bridge, the migrants lined up to register on a list that Mexican authorities require for the filing of asylum applications. Each migrant has a number and receives a receipt after signing.
"Mexico has told us that once they have the list, the first groups of people will be interviewed," said Misael Velázquez, 32, a Honduran migrant who is organizing people on the bridge.
While they waited, many hung large plastic covers to protect themselves from the ruthless sun. Some 150 children, many of them children, suffered from sunstroke, said Yuvissa del Cid, a Guatemalan civil protection agent.
"This is a humanitarian crisis. I've never seen anything like this, "she said, looking at the large crowd.
- Alex Leary contributed to this article.
Write to Juan Montes in juan.montes@wsj.com and José de Córdoba in jose.decordoba@wsj.com
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