On 18 January, Guatemala security forces cleared a road occupied by migrants from a large caravan, comprised mainly of Hondurans entering the country and camped overnight. Security forces were seen wielding shields and descending the road toward them by the Vado Hondo village. Migrants were prompted to assemble by increased hardships in Honduras, already rampant with poverty and gang violence. It now faces an economic downturn wrought by COVID-19, compounding damage from two November hurricanes. The caravan also endeavoured with hopes of a stronger embrace from newly elected United States President Joe Biden than his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Notwithstanding, early Tuesday, buses, and police transported migrants to the Guatemala-Honduras border crossing of El Florido. They were then passed from Guatemalan to Honduran border agents and boarded buses returning them to their hometowns. While small groups proceeded toward Mexico’s border, over 2,300 migrants were returned to Honduras