A caravan of migrants from Honduras headed north toward the US dissolves in Guatemala

MEXICO CITY — A caravan of some 500 migrants that departed northern Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States dissolved Sunday after crossing the border into Guatemala, the Guatemalan Migration Institute reported. Authorities had been monitoring three border crossings and said part of the caravan advanced a few kilometers (miles) into Guatemalan territory, before … Read more

Some 500 migrants depart northern Honduras in a bid to reach the US by caravan

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Some 500 Honduran migrants in a caravan departed Saturday before dawn from the northern city of San Pedro Sula in hopes of reaching the United States. It was the first such group since January 2022 and was comprised of men, women and children mostly from inland and southern Honduras, where … Read more

Migrant caravan regroups in Mexico after government promise of papers falls through

ARRIAGA, Mexico — A caravan of about 2,000 migrants on Monday resumed their journey through southern Mexico, after participants were left without the papers the Mexican government appeared to have promised. The original caravan of about 6,000 migrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Central America had started walking on Christmas Eve. But after New Year’s Day, … Read more

Migrant caravan slogs on through southern Mexico with no expectations from a US-Mexico meeting

HUIXTLA, Mexico — Under a beating sun, thousands of migrants in a caravan continued to trudge through southern Mexico on Tuesday, with some saying they expect nothing good from an upcoming meeting this week between American and Mexican officials about the migrant surge at the U.S. border. The migrants passed by Mexico’s main inland immigration … Read more

Migrant caravan in southern Mexico marks Christmas Day by trudging onward

HUIXTLA, Mexico — Christmas Day meant the same as any other day for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun. There were no presents, and Christmas Eve dinner was a sandwich, a bottle of water and a banana handed out by the Catholic church to some of the migrants … Read more

Migrant caravan spends Christmas on the road before heading to U.S. border

By Jose Torres TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants arrived on Sunday in the southern Mexican town Alvaro Obregon to spend the Christmas Eve in a public square without shelter before making their way north to cross the country and reach the border with the United States. On Sunday, the group of mostly Central … Read more

Thousands join migrant caravan in Mexico ahead of Secretary of State Blinken’s visit to the capital

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries trekked through Mexico on Sunday, heading toward the U.S. border. The procession came just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Mexico City to hammer out new agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking entry … Read more