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Mexico military police halt migrant caravan on its way to U.S.
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 12, 2019 / 4:47 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Mexico military police halt migrant caravan on its way to U.S.
Jose Torres, Jacob Garcia
3 MIN READ
HUEHUETAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico’s military police on Saturday halted and turned back a caravan of up to 2,000 migrants from Africa, the Caribbean and Central America, hours after they embarked toward the United States, according to Reuters witnesses.
The migrants had departed before dawn from Tapachula in the southern state of Chiapas near Guatemala despite an ongoing crackdown on migration on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The group, including people pushing children in strollers, proceeded on foot about 19 miles (30 km) before being apprehended on the road in Huehuetan in the afternoon.
Around 500 members of Mexico’s National Guard military police in helmets and tactical vests blocked the highway on both sides, according to a Reuters witness, and some pursued migrants who fled into neighboring fields.
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Mexico military police halt migrant caravan on its way to U.S.
Jose Torres, Jacob Garcia
3 MIN READ
HUEHUETAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico’s military police on Saturday halted and turned back a caravan of up to 2,000 migrants from Africa, the Caribbean and Central America, hours after they embarked toward the United States, according to Reuters witnesses.
The migrants had departed before dawn from Tapachula in the southern state of Chiapas near Guatemala despite an ongoing crackdown on migration on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The group, including people pushing children in strollers, proceeded on foot about 19 miles (30 km) before being apprehended on the road in Huehuetan in the afternoon.
Around 500 members of Mexico’s National Guard military police in helmets and tactical vests blocked the highway on both sides, according to a Reuters witness, and some pursued migrants who fled into neighboring fields.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/mexico-military-police-halt-migrant-caravan-on-its-way-to-u-s-idUSKBN1WR0MP
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