

Large efforts that started in Honduras have been broken up by authorities in Guatemala before reaching Mexico. No group has come close to the size of migrant caravans that crossed Mexico in 20.

In August, National Guardsmen and immigration agents were criticized for using excessive force to break up a smaller group of migrants. He wanted documents that would allow him to reach the U.S. “We don’t want problems with anyone,” said Anthony Beltrández, a Cuban who left his country in 2018 for Uruguay and had been waiting for 1 ½ months in Tapachula since arriving in Mexico. She said she was fleeing the repression unleashed by Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega against students who had marched against his government in April 2018.
