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Caribbean-Latin America
Honduran migrants clash with Mexican troops blocking the 2,500-strong US-bound caravan on a bridge at Guatemalan border as hundreds of guards line the banks of the river to prevent crossing
2020-01-20
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Scuffles broke out at the bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala on Saturday

  • Honduran migrants waved their country's flag and sang the national anthem as they approached the bridge
    • If you love it so much - stay there and STFU
  • At the height of the confrontation, Guatemalan authorities say 2,500 migrants were on the bridge

  • Scores of people who entered Guatemala from Honduras in recent days have been arriving at the Mexican border, testing the resolve of Mexico to heed US demands to contain migrant flows

  • Hundreds of guardsmen also lined the river to prevent migrants from crossing into Mexico clandestinely

  • The latest exodus from Honduras has been accompanied by US border agents.
Mexico's National Migration Institute said via Twitter on Saturday that it had reinforced multiple points along the country's southern border to assure 'safe, orderly and regular immigration.' It also said it was using drones to monitor the region.

Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said earlier this week that the migrants would not be granted safe conduct passes.

About 400 of the migrants who entered Guatemala since Wednesday have been returned to their countries of origin, according to a statement issued by the Guatemalan government.
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  At the height of the confrontation, Guatemalan authorities say 2,500 migrants were on the bridge

Should have blown the bridge at that point.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-01-20 09:23  

#4  /\ Works in Herndon, VA. and vicinity.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-01-20 01:55  

#3  Greenland is off the table, but what if we simply buy Honduras and convert it into a luxury hotel complex. Then we can employ the potential migrants as gardeners, maids, clerks and leaf blowers. Save 'em a lot of money on shoe leather and bus fare.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-01-20 01:53  

#2  The migrants are desperate - they must get to USA in time to vote in 2020 elections.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-20 01:46  

#1  Imagine that - Mexico taking an active interest in stopping illegal migration! Whatever could have gotten into them?
Posted by: SteveS   2020-01-20 01:15  

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