yesterday a honduran man fell to his death from an overcrowded truck on the highway between here and the last city. they re pausing to respect him and say they ll hit the road again tomorrow. by the time american voters go to the polls in two weeks, this caravan will still be south of mexico city and from there a long way to tijuana, which is the route but considered safer by these folks. but just to get a little sense of what it s like to carry everything you own and your child on your back through searing heat, we spent yesterday with the caravan and found that people may have heard about the president s tweets, may know something about the politics of the u.s. but have no choice but to keep their head down and walk. another day on the caravan road. another 25 hard miles under a merciless mexican sun.
north. another day on the caravan road. another 25 hard miles under a merciless mexican sun. another meal out of the back of a kind stranger s trunk. and for the lucky ones, another ride in a kind stranger s truck. packed so tight the tires nearly pop. on monday another man fell to his death on a ride like this, the second confirmed fatality, but as pregnant women begin to wilt in the heat, many worry they won t be the last. and yet, as thousands of families try to keep the faith, while a full blown humanitarian crisis moves north, there came another round of insults and threats from the president of