Immigration
Thousands of migrants leave Mexico for U.S. despite threat of deportation
Migrants from at least seven countries decided to come together to embark on a trip to the United States
March 6, 2023 6:11am
Updated: March 6, 2023 6:11am
A new caravan of more than 1,000 migrants left early Saturday, March 4, from Tapachula, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, for the United States, according to social media reports monitored by ADN America.
Ecuadorian, Venezuelan, Honduran, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Colombian and Nicaraguan migrants decided to leave in a caravan to join the first group that left from the same place on Feb. 28.
Despite the risk that the journey to the United States represents, the migrants were encouraged to embark on the journey when they noticed that the first group was not detained by the Mexican authorities.
New migrant caravan left Chiapas for the US
A new caravan of about a thousand migrants left Tapachula, Chiapas, hoping to make progress on their way to the United States.#CaravanaMigrante #migrantes https://t.co/0IDS1pqTlp pic.twitter.com/6mKNwb6ANY
— El Comentario (@ComentarioUdeC) March 4, 2023
The region is going through a record migratory flow of 2.76 million people detained at the border between the United States and Mexico in 2022.
Law enforcement agencies from both countries deported more than 196,300 Central American citizens in 2022, including more than 35,000 children and adolescents, according to a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
