In Tapachula, southern Mexico, more than 2,000 people gather together in what is known as a migrant caravan and head north.
Most Central Americans, but also Haitians and Africans, accompanied the migrants on Saturday (local time), said activist Irino Mujica of the “Pueblo San Fronteras” organization.
Accordingly, they managed to move forward despite deployment of migration officers and security forces personnel. “If you want to stop us from moving forward, that’s your choice. But we go and no one is stopping us.”
some expatriates show banners Photo: Edgar H. Clemente / AP
The caravan’s first destination is Mexico City. Some migrants said they wanted to go to America. “We are fighting to see if we can reach the northern border,” said Nicaraguan Antonio López (49).
In Alvaro Obregón, weary migrants rest, children lie on the floorPhoto: Marco Ugarte / DPA
He was stuck in Tapachula for five months, waiting for an opportunity to go north. Now he wants to go to Tijuana in search of the American dream.
In August, several hundred Haitians, Cubans and Central Americans were stopped by Mexican security forces leaving Tapachula. Mexico requires migrants applying for humanitarian visas or asylum to remain in the southern border state of Chiapas while their cases are being processed.
