The Latest Breaking News from Tapachula

Around 2000 Migrants In Mexico Start Holy Week Walk To Highlight Their Struggles

The walking event began with around 2,000 migrants leaving Tapachula near the Guatemalan border at dawn and announced that they aim to reach Mexico's capital.

Latin Times · Mar 26, 2024

Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

Migrants burst into southern Mexico asylum office demanding papers

Migrants, mostly from Haiti, have burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico to demand papers

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

The Venezuelans who left too late: migrants stranded by abrupt Biden policy change

Migrants will no longer be able to join their families in the US while they wait their turn in the asylum process but instead forced to languish in Mexico

The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2022

Visa rules in Mexico don't stop Venezuelans headed to US

When Mexico imposed a visa requirement on Venezuelans in January, it briefly had the desired effect of plunging numbers of Venezuelans detained at the U.S.-Mexico border

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

Migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico days after Texas tragedy

Thousands of people set off on foot from southern Mexico early Friday morning, undeterred in their efforts to reach the United States even after the deaths of at least 53 migrants in Texas this week highlighted the dangers facing many migrants.

Reuters · Jul 1, 2022

Venezuelan migrants in southern Mexico form U.S.-bound caravan

Thousands of Venezuelan migrants stranded in southern Mexico for months set off on a northbound caravan Friday in hopes of reaching the U.S. border.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022

Migrant caravan in Mexico heads for U.S. border as Americas Summit starts

Several thousand migrants, many from Venezuela, set off from southern Mexico early Monday aiming to reach the United States, timing their journey to coincide with the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week.

Reuters · Jun 6, 2022

Up to 15,000 may join largest ever migrant caravan to walk through Mexico to US

Thousands of people huddled together for protection move north as leaders gather for Biden’s Summit of the Americas in LA

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2022

Mexico's migration institute suspends operations in Tapachula after 'violent' incident

Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday it has temporarily suspended operations in the city of Tapachula, in Chiapas, after some staff were injured in what it called a "violent" incident involving migrants.

Reuters · Mar 19, 2022