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Honduran migrants clash with Mexican troops blocking the 2,500-strong US-bound caravan on a bridge at Guatemalan border as hundreds of guards line the banks of the river to prevent crossing
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Scuffles broke out at the bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala on Saturday
- Honduran migrants waved their country's flag and sang the national anthem as they approached the bridge
If you love it so much - stay there and STFU
- At the height of the confrontation, Guatemalan authorities say 2,500 migrants were on the bridge
- Scores of people who entered Guatemala from Honduras in recent days have been arriving at the Mexican border, testing the resolve of Mexico to heed US demands to contain migrant flows
- Hundreds of guardsmen also lined the river to prevent migrants from crossing into Mexico clandestinely
- The latest exodus from Honduras has been accompanied by US border agents.
Mexico's National Migration Institute said via Twitter on Saturday that it had reinforced multiple points along the country's southern border to assure 'safe, orderly and regular immigration.' It also said it was using drones to monitor the region.
Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said earlier this week that the migrants would not be granted safe conduct passes.
About 400 of the migrants who entered Guatemala since Wednesday have been returned to their countries of origin, according to a statement issued by the Guatemalan government.
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-01-20 |
