Hondurans will form a new migrant caravan to the USA.
Nearly a thousand Hondurans gathered on Tuesday (9) in the city of San Pedro Sula, in the north of the country, to begin a new migratory caravan towards the United States. "There are more than 800, almost a thousand people gathered," said a police source.
AFP - Nearly a thousand Hondurans gathered on Tuesday (9) in the city of San Pedro Sula, in the north of the country, to start a new migratory caravan towards the United States.
"There are more than 800, almost a thousand people gathered," a police source told AFP.
The caravan, organized through social media, surprised the authorities, who did not expect such a large turnout, unlike what had happened several times since February.
Since October 13, when the first caravan of nearly 2.000 people set out, at least three other caravans have been registered, with migrants trying to escape unemployment, lack of opportunities, and the terror spread by gangs and drug traffickers.
The human avalanche, which also included Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Mexicans, angered US President Donald Trump, who even mobilized military troops to block the passage of these people at the border with Mexico.
The new migratory movement is happening at a time when Trump is trying to toughen immigration policy, with an increase in the number of detentions of undocumented migrants at the border.
Over the weekend, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who is responsible for border security, resigned amid tensions with the president.
Trump traveled with Nielsen on Friday to the border with Mexico, where he wants a 3.000-kilometer wall built.
The president frequently complains about his country's immigration laws and is fighting in Congress to fund the construction of the wall, one of his main campaign promises in 2016.
Neither the military nor the barbed wire fences were enough to deter the Hondurans, who are constantly crossing the border with Guatemala (an average of 300 people per day).