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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Lizbeth Diaz

New migrant caravan heads for Mexico City to speed up legal route to US

A migrant, detained for months in southern Mexico, carries a mock coffin in memory of an Honduran migrant who died of a heart attack as he continues his trip in a caravan heading for Mexico City to speed up the applications for U.S. asylum, in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Gabriela Sanabria

Thousands of migrants, detained for months in southern Mexico, formed a new caravan in protest on Sunday to head for the capital to speed up their applications for U.S. asylum.

The migrants, mostly Venezuelans, started their march north early in Tapachula, the city bordering Guatemala whose detention centers have been overwhelmed by their vast numbers. Some said they expected to reach Mexico City in about 10 days.

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