VADO HONDO: Guatemalan police fired tear gas Sunday to disperse thousands of Honduran migrants trying to reach the US on foot, with soldiers beating back a group trying to push through barricades, AFP journalists witnessed.
A regional health official, who did not give her name, said several migrants were struck and injured. “They have no heart, we are risking our lives,” lamented Dixon Vazquez, 29, who begged the Guatemalan authorities to let the group continue.Dania Hinestrosa, a 23-year-old domestic worker travelling with her daughter, said she had left behind another child of three and twins aged four.But Guatemala migration head Guillermo Diaz insisted Saturday the group “will not be able to pass” and urged the migrants to turn back.
Officials said at least 6,000 people had arrived in Vado Hondo out of some 9,000 who left Honduras in recent days. Border agents asked the migrants for their papers — and proof of negative coronavirus tests — but appeared to let many through who did not meet those requirements. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, urged the migrants last week not to “waste your time and money”.
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