Migrant Caravan Masses Near Mexico's Southern Border

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9. Migrant caravan heading for US clashes with police in Mexico

Thousands of migrants who’ve trekked from Honduras in hopes of making it to the United States broke down a metal gate at the Mexico-Guatemala border Friday afternoon, according to a report. The caravan of migrants rushed toward a border bridge in Mexico just after noon local time — as hundreds of federal police and Guatemalan cops in riot gear stood guard.

The scores of men, women and children waved Honduran flags and chanted, “One way or another, we will pass” and “We are not smugglers, we are immigrants” as they gathered along the muddy Suchiate River.

The group then rushed a border bridge about 150 yards away, with about 50 people pushing their way through as police unleashed pepper spray. Some members of the caravan also threw rocks. “We need you to stop the aggression,” a federal police officer yelled at the crowd from a loudspeaker.

Luis Manuel Lopez Moreno, Mexico’s ambassador to Guatemala, said his country would enforce a policy of “metered entry” and agreed to grant humanitarian and asylum visas to the migrants, the Wall Street Journal reported. Moreno said some 100 migrants a day would be allowed into the country to have their asylum requests reviewed.

The process will allow them to enter Mexico legally until their cases are resolved and let them travel freely about the country. If approved, they’ll be permitted to stay in Mexico permanently.

https://nypost.com/2018/10/19/migrant-caravan-heading-for-us-turns-around-in-mexico/