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EL FLORIDO, Guatemala —  A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces. Small groups pressed on toward the Mexican border, while others accepted rides from authorities back to Honduras. Many of the migrants were driven by an increasingly desperate situation in Honduras, where the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic and two major hurricanes in November have piled atop chronic po...

“We can’t go home,” Vinicio said after getting off the bus at the El Florido border crossing, keeping an eye on his two youngest children. The girls, ages 2 and 3, were laughing and playing on a railing outside the Honduran immigration offices. Their father was wracked with stress. “We will hide out until we can leave again,” he said. Crackdowns on migrant caravans in recent years have come amid U.S. pressure on Mexico and Central American countries to stop migrants ...

For Joe Biden, contentious issues lie ahead in Mexico-US relationship     U.S. experts monitoring Mexico’s compliance with the tough labor provisions of the USMCA free trade treaty issued a stark warning before Christmas: “No more business as usual.” Although they were referring to Mexico’s slow progress in implementing commitments under the NAFTA replacement, the phrase could just as well describe bilateral relations as Joe Biden enters the White House. Strained security co-operation...

Asylum seekers at US-Mexico border see hope in Biden administration immigration changes Lauren Villagran, El Paso Times Migrants react to Biden halting border wall Replay Video UP NEXT EL PASO, Texas — Hope among asylum seekers bloomed in Mexican border cities Thursday after President Joe Bidens administration halted the controversial "Remain in Mexico" program and said it would review asylum policies. "The truth is that they are now filled with hope," said Miguel Gonzalez,...

The second migrant caravan of 2021 is set to depart Honduras on January 25 Facebook users urged migrants to meet up in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the day before A prior caravan left Honduras last Thursday and swelled up to 8,000 individuals By Tuesday it was broken up by Guatemalan security forces   Guatemalan TV network Televisiete reported Wednesday that at least 3,000 migrants plan to gather in a second attempt to reach the United States border Televisiete also learned that a caravan of mi...

Save the Children ‘deeply worried’ about 1,400 children in migrant caravan fleeing poverty, violence and climate impacts Format 21 Jan 2021 Mexico City, 21 January 2021 – As many as 1,400 children have been making a journey on foot in the latest migrant caravan through Central America, Save the Children said today, as they flee poverty, violence and the devastating impact of two hurricanes. The organisation is deeply worried about their safety and wellbeing. The figures emerge as some 300...

January 21, 2021 VADO HONDO, GUATEMALA (AFP) – In buses and trucks, Guatemala on Tuesday returned thousands of migrants to Honduras after police and soldiers halted their northward march to the United States (US), dashing their hopes of a better life there. On Monday, security forces broke up the caravan of some 4,000 migrants who had massed in the Guatemalan town of Vada Hondo on the first leg of their journey of thousands of kilometres through Central America on foot. They were being return...

‘Trump had threatened Mexico with tariffs if it let in this caravan from Honduras. Two hours after crossing this river, many were teargassed then deported’

A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces.

A caravan of almost 8,000 migrants, mostly from Honduras, was broken up by Tuesday in Guatemala Migrants were bussed from the village of Vado Hondo, where they clashed with Guatemala security forces during weekend and Monday, and dropped off at the El Florido border crossing  The migrants left Honduras on Thursday and were able to march into Guatemala where they clashed with security forces blocking their path to Mexico The migrants were seeking passage into Mexico to continue their journey to...