Security forces blocked the migrants’ path near the town of Frontera Hidalgo on Thursday afternoon, after hundreds had swept into Mexico across the Suchiate River that divides the country from Guatemala. As the migrants knelt to the ground in prayer and began to chant “We want to pass,” national guardsmen advanced banging their plastic shields with batons. Carrying US and Honduran flags at the head of the procession, the migrants had been walking on a highway toward hundreds of national guardsmen since crossing the Suchiate river from Guatemala at dawn. Mexico has cracked down on the large caravans seen previously following intense pressure from Washington last year. We’re not going for ambition.”Thursday’s movement was a resurgence of a migrant caravan that had been diminishing since its last concerted attempt to cross the border on Monday was turned back by Mexican national guardsmen posted along Suchiate River, which forms the border here.

Source: The Guardian January 23, 2020 23:16 UTC