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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Frustration grows among migrants in Mexico as support fades |
| 2019-04-23 |
| [AyPee] Madison Mendoza, her feet aching and her face burned by the sun, wept as she said she had nothing to feed her 2-year-old son who she'd brought with her on the long trek toward the United States. Mendoza, 22, said an aunt in Honduras had convinced her to join the migrant caravan, which she did two weeks ago in the capital of Tegucigalpa. The aunt said she'd have no problems, that people along the route in Mexico would help as they did for a large caravan that moved through the area in October. But this time, the help did not come. The outpouring of aid that once greeted Central American migrants as they trekked in caravans through southern Mexico has been drying up. Hungrier, advancing slowly or not at all, and hounded by unhelpful local officials, frustration is growing among the 5,000 to 8,000 migrants in the southern state of Chiapas. Soon to be followed by "disappointment", then "disillusionment". Senor Soros can only do so much... Members of the caravan in October received food and shelter from town governments, churches and passers-by. Drivers of trucks stopped to give them a lift. Little of that is happening this time. And local officials who once gave them temporary permits to work in Mexico, now seem to snare them in red tape. Truckers and drivers have been told they will be fined if caught transporting migrants without proper documentation. Mexico is under pressure from the Trump administration to thwart them from reaching the U.S. border. In April, President Donald Trump threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border before changing course and threatening tariffs on automobiles produced in Mexico if that country does not stop the flow of Central American migrants. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 *blush* why, thank you :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-23 20:51 |
| #4 Frank G, I’ve been enjoying your dry little in-lines. I’ve started looking for your sage green before reading the article, just to see what you have to say. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-23 15:40 |
| #3 Caravans became a popular way of making the trek because the migrants find safety in numbers and save money by not hiring smugglers. You mean criminals and the cartels are taking advantage of the situation? Seems the AP let the cat out of the bag. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-04-23 07:50 |
| #2 I was enjoying the first four paragraphs and startled by the fifth - that it's all Trump's fault. Silly me! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-04-23 07:46 |
| #1 too many trips to the well will do that. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-04-23 07:21 |