‘Hostile attitude’: 350 Central American migrants force their way into Mexico as new 2,500-strong caravan heads for US
- Some attacked local police in the southern town of Metapa de Dominguez after crossing the border from Guatemala, Mexico’s National Migration Institute said
- Caravan set out from Honduras and picked up Guatemalans and some Nicaraguans, most fleeing poverty and brutal violence at home, along the way
A group of 350 Central American migrants forced their way into Mexico on Friday, authorities said, as a new caravan of around 2,500 people arrived – news sure to draw the attention of US President Donald Trump.
Mexico’s National Migration Institute said some members of the caravan had a “hostile attitude” and had attacked local police in the southern town of Metapa de Dominguez after crossing the border from Guatemala.
The migrants were later being escorted by Mexican federal police and the civil protection service in the southern state of Chiapas, an AFP correspondent said.
“Today at 3.30am a group of around 350 people broke violently across the Mexican border from Guatemala,” the National Migration Institute said in a statement.
“With an aggressive attitude, [the migrants] broke the padlock on the border gate and entered the country.”