16 Jan 2021
Guatemalan officials report that approximately 6,500 migrants are on the move from Honduras. The migrants began pushing through the Guatemalan southern border. Their ultimate destination U.S.A.
Guatemala’s immigration spokesman Alejandra Mena told Reuters that there were approximately 6,500 Honduran migrants on the move. Thousands crossed the country’s southern border on Saturday with an ultimate announced destination of the United States.
Mena told the news outlet that as many as 3,500 have already pushed through their border into Guatemala. A Honduran police officer said he observed “more or less 5,000 people” walk past his checkpoint.
A video tweeted by Festivales Solidarios shows thousands pushing past Guatemalan police and soldiers.
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Honduran security forces try to keep migrants who are trying to reach the U.S. from crossing the border in El Florido, Honduras into Guatemala, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The group quickly dispersed along the heavily-trafficked highway to the border town of Agua Caliente. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez) January 15, 2021 - 8:50 PM
COPAN, Honduras - More than 1,000 Honduran migrants pushed their way into Guatemala Friday night without registering, a portion of a larger migrant caravan that had left the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula before dawn, Guatemalan authorities said.
Video shared by the Guatemala Immigration Institute showed cheering people streaming in while border agents looked on and tried to keep them from blocking traffic.
Honduran migrants began walking toward the Guatemalan border Friday, driven by deepening poverty and the hope of a warmer reception if they can reach the United States border.