Pompeo accuses migrant caravan in Mexico of inciting violence for political purposes

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News



About 7,000 people have set out for Tapachula in the state of Chiapas, Mexican authorities said.

by Alex Johnson / Oct. 22, 2018 / 12:23 AM EDT / Updated 7:15 AM EDT

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised the stakes Sunday night as thousands of Central American migrants headed for the United States marched into Mexico, claiming they were inciting violence under the influence of politically motivated leaders.

There's no precise calculation of how many migrants make up the caravan, but Mexican civil protection authorities said Sunday that about 7,000 people, most of them from Honduras, had set out from an area near the Mexican-Guatemalan border for Tapachula in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

About 2,000 others have been intercepted and returned to Honduras, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said.

The United States has put pressure on Mexico and Honduras to stop the procession, warning over the last week that the travelers were vulnerable to human smuggling rings and other criminal organizations.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pompeo-accuses-migrant-caravan-mexico-inciting-violence-political-purposes-n922636

[Haynx]

1. Without providing evidence

[Dave Starsky]

2. They ARE vulnerable to human smuggling rings.

Because the Trump administration and ICE put them in them.

How many children, particularly girls, are still missing / unaccounted for?

Until this administration produces them, I will safely assume they've been sold.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. The way I heard it, the real criminal problems are in Honduras, not on the way here.

[dmosh42]

4. What a difference between now and during the early 1960s when we would take any amount of Cuban

refugees, especially when we found out Castro was a communista! They sought asylum, but now they want handouts? What a
fucked up country!

[Bengus81]

5. That's sure strange Pompeo,I've seen lots of videos from news sources........

All I see are people and children walking and walking and walking. I haven't seen the violence your talking about so yeah FAKE NEWS from Pompeo and Trump.

[Racerdog1]

6. Really?

More than likely, the violence they will have to endure will be at our border when the kids and babies are ripped from the parents. Pompous ass and the orange fucking asshole are the terrorists.

[duforsure]

7. Another trump minion trying to incite people to promote violence

With lies and accusations used to invoke fear and hate with. These people are so corrupt and willing to say anything to create more hate and fear with now. Claiming these people are hardened criminals and we're the victims again, when they are the criminals by claiming this . and these people are being victimized in their country , and now at the border from trump and the gop. They are the victims of massive corruption and crime, yet trump and others want to make them the criminals for wanting a safe place for themselves and their families, and a decent job. He wants violence at the border.