Members of a Central American migrant caravan violently attacked unarmed Mexican federal immigration officers with rocks and other blunt objects Tuesday after government officials tried to block the group from illegally crossing into Mexico from Guatemala.
Newly released video taken from inside one of the Mexican government vehicles shows a group of about 1,000 people walking down a road in Tapachula after refusing to turn around. Similar videos and pictures circulated by Mexican media confirm the incident took place Tuesday.
Federal immigration officers from Instituto Nacional de Migracion, Mexico's national immigration agency, had lined up a handful of white vans and pickup trucks in a row to keep the caravan from passing by. But as the caravan became increasingly rowdy, the Mexican officials ran back into their vehicles. One female officer yelled, "Vamanos," Spanish for "Let's go." The vehicles began backing up, away from the group, but were unable to get away before members of the caravan caught up. Caravan members then began throwing large rocks at the government workers, most of whom were inside the vehicles.
The rocks broke windshields and windows, and the unarmed officers could be heard screaming as they ducked down into their seats to avoid being hit...MORE
Here is the Telemundo video
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Saturday, February 23, 2019
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