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A large horde of migrants is making its way through Central America hellbent on getting to the United States in time to capitalize on Joe Biden's plan to amnesty millions

EL FLORIDO, Guatemala: At least 4,500 Honduran migrants pushed past police and crossed into Guatemala Friday night, passing the first hurdle of a journey north they hope will take them to a better...

Fleeing the pandemic and two hurricanes, thousands of migrants walk toward the U.S. [Los Angeles Times] Any Ortega has not been home since a pair of hurricanes devastated Honduras in November, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Now, Ortega, 30, is among the latest group of Honduran migrants and asylum seekers making their way north through neighboring Guatemala toward Mexico — where the government has fortified border security with thousands of National Guard troops — and to...

More Coverage In Ortega’s case, floods caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota inundated her neighborhood in low-lying Chamelecón, an urban area just south of San Pedro Sula in northwestern Honduras. “We lost everything, absolutely everything,” Ortega said late Friday night as she walked with the group after crossing into Guatemala. The storms affected millions of people across Central America. Advertisement Ortega took shelter with her three children and mother in a makeshift camp under a br...

Fleeing the pandemic and two hurricanes, thousands of migrants walk toward the U.S. Sandra Cuffe © Provided by The LA Times Migrants from Honduras hoping to reach the U.S. border walk along a highway Saturday in Guatemala. (Delmer Martinez / Associated Press) Any Ortega has not been home since a pair of hurricanes devastated Honduras in November, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Now, Ortega, 30, is among the latest group of Honduran migrants and asylum seek...

Vado Hondo, Guatemala – Guatemalan military and police forces are blocking thousands of Honduran migrants and asylum seekers hoping to make their way north to Mexico and the United States. Thousands of Hondurans left San Pedro Sula as a group on Friday, making their way to the El Florido border crossing with Guatemala. Between 7,000 and 8,000 people fleeing hurricane destruction, unemployment and violence in Honduras have crossed into Guatemala to date, according to Guatemalan immigration of...

Guatemala police fire tear gas, disperse US-bound migrant caravan

At least 4,500 Honduran migrants headed north to the United States in hopes of a better life crossed into Guatemala Friday night, with border agents putting up no resistance, an AFP correspondent said.

Some 6,500 Honduran migrants in caravans travelling north to Guatemala, officials estimate Reuters 16/01/2021 By Gustavo Palencia and Lizbeth Diaz © Reuters/STRINGER Hondurans take part in a new caravan of migrants, set to head to the United States, in El Florido By Gustavo Palencia and Lizbeth Diaz TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Small skirmishes broke out between Honduran security forces and migrants trying to cross the border into Guatemala on Friday night, with Guatemalan off...

At least 4,500 Honduran migrants pushed past police and crossed into Guatemala Friday night, passing the first hurdle of a journey north they hope will take them to a better life in the United States. A Guatemalan police official said the force had let the migrants cross as there were many families with children in the crowd and that using tear gas at night could have resulted in casualties.