New migrant caravan in Mexico pushes past blockade to head north

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TAPACHULA: Several thousand migrants from Haiti, South America and Central America set off from southern Mexico headed north on Saturday (Oct 23), clashing with law enforcement trying to hold the caravan back. Some people among the latest mass movement of migrants trying to pass north through Mexico said t

TAPACHULA: Several thousand migrants from Haiti, South America and Central America set off from southern Mexico headed north on Saturday , clashing with law enforcement trying to hold the caravan back.

Some 3,000 people, including families with young children, began trekking on foot on Saturday from the city of Tapachula near the Guatemala border toward Mexico's capital. A highway checkpoint in Tapachula with some 400 law enforcement officers aimed to block their path, but many migrants managed to break past. A Reuters video showed people carrying backpacks and with children on their shoulders pushing through a cluster of officers in anti-riot gear who attempted to contain the crowd.

 

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