Mexico’s National Guard kills Cuban migrant, wounds four others as caravan advances
Mexico City, MexicoReuters A Cuban migrant was shot dead by the Mexican National Guard and four others were wounded after the vehicle they were in did not stop when ordered to do so, Mexican authorities said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred early on Sunday in the southern state of Chiapas, in an area where a […]
Migrant caravan limps north through Mexico, despite dengue and exhaustion
Mapastepec, MexicoReuters A caravan of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean resumed its trek through southern Mexico on Monday, despite concerns that half of them could be injured or sick, including some from dengue fever. Over the past week, the approximately 3,000 migrants, mostly women and children, have trekked […]
Mexican officials cut off new migrant caravan, breaking up main group
Huixtla, MexicoReuters Mexican security and migration officials early on Sunday blocked the passage of a new migrant caravan, detaining several people, as the government moved to break up the group just a day after it set off from southern Mexico for the United States. At around 5am local time, members of Mexico’s National Guard and […]
New migrant caravan sets off for US from southern Mexico
Tapacula, MexicoReuters A migrant caravan of around 400 people, including many children, set off from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula for the United States on Saturday, just a couple of days after security and migration officials dispersed another large group. Mostly comprising Central Americans and Haitians, the caravan left at around 7:30am local time […]
Hundreds of migrants depart southern Mexico in caravan to protest slow asylum process
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean departed the southern Mexican city of Tapachula en masse on Saturday in a caravan headed to the Mexican capital, where they hoped to seek expedited asylum proceedings. The group of approximately 500 people included families with young children from Haiti, […]