A new caravan formed in Honduras with about 2,500 migrants traveling
toward the U.S.- Mexico border. Saturday the Mexican National Guard
stepped up and honored the “safe third country” agreement. The migrants
were denied entry into Mexico at the Guatemala-Mexico border. Last November the Trump administration entered into a series of regional
agreements with countries including Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
The goal is to reduce the burden of Central American migrant caravans
arriving at the U.S. border. Migrants are being returned to Guatemala,
sent back to their home country, or allowed to enter the Migrant
Protection Protocols (MPP) and wait in Mexico. In this case, Mexico
stopped the caravan at a point of entry as they crossed a bridge over
the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala. The scene was tense but Mexican National Guardsmen kept the migrant caravan back. There was
some orderly entry allowed in small groups.
Honduran
migrants waved their country’s flag and sang the national anthem as
they approached the bridge. At the height of the confrontation,
Guatemalan authorities estimated 2,500 migrants were on the bridge, or
attempting to get on it.
Mexican National Guardsmen slammed down a metal fence that reads “Welcome to Mexico” to block the path of the migrants.
Babies
cried and tempers flared as the crowd swelled. Amid shoves, Mexican
officials did allow a few migrants to enter the country in groups of 20,
while a voice over a loudspeaker warned migrants against trying to slip
into Mexico without passing through immigration filters.
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