A new migrant caravan, the sixth in less than two months, left Tapachula for central and northern Mexico.
The contingent of some 1,500 people from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Haiti, Peru, Ecuador, among other countries, began their journey early yesterday from Bicentennial Park.
Some undocumented immigrants said they want to reach the border with the United States before Donald Trump assumes the presidency of that nation next January; others are considering staying in Mexico due to the possible tightening of immigration policies.
Colombian Daniela Enao is a single mother of two children, and due to the difficult economic situation in her country she decided to undertake this journey in search of a better quality of life. We are quite afraid, because many who have turned themselves in have been deported, and one is afraid of not knowing what to do, whether to turn oneself in or wait for an appointment (which corresponds to a policy) that we do not know if it will end or continue, she said.
Eduard Romero, from Venezuela, said that he joined the caravan as a measure to travel safely for fear of being a victim of organized crime in Mexico.
Because of the insecurity that immigrants experience in Mexico, we do not have the support of a security entity as we had in the previous countries in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras, he said.
The contingent arrived at noon yesterday in Huehuetán, where they will rest before continuing to the municipality of Huixtla.
Source: jornada
