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Latin Times
Latin Times
Politics
Pedro Camacho

Caravan With 1,500 Migrants Heads to the U.S. From Mexico as Trump Inauguration Looms

Migrants from Central and South America take part in a caravan attempting to reach the Mexico-US border, while protesting over the deaths of 40 migrants in a fire at a detention center, in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas on April 23, 2023 (Credit: STRINGER/AFP)

Around 1,500 migrants, primarily from Central and South America, have formed a caravan in Tapachula, southern Mexico, aiming to reach the United States before Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration, anticipating heightened enforcement measures.

Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, has become a bottleneck where thousands of migrants are stranded due to limited permissions to travel further into Mexico. While some plan to walk the over 1,100-mile journey to the nearest U.S. border crossing at Matamoros, Texas, others seek rides to ease the grueling journey, the Associated Press reports.

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