San Pedro Sula, Honduras
The first caravan of 2021 He left on the night of this Wednesday from the large Metropolitan Bus Station of San Pedro Sula to the United States.
About 200 Hondurans, including children, women and entire families from Santa Bárbara, Colón, Cortés and the south of the country, started the walk along the north boulevard from San Pedro Sula to the border checkpoint of Corinto, border with Guatemala at about 8:00 PM.
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Given A total of 307 migrants from Honduras were deported from the United States and Mexico last week. |
Some of them, mostly young, argued that they are leaving the country after losing everything during tropical storms Eta and Iota and they cannot find work.
Last week, calls for a new caravan to leave on January 14 began circulating on social networks, but some had already been waiting in the terminal for two days to leave.
United States authorities have reiterated that the journey is dangerous.
The governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico on Monday issued a “strong appeal” to migrants from their countries who plan to travel in caravans to the United States, to prevent unaccompanied and lonely children and adolescents from becoming exposed, because of the danger they expose them.
Erick Moncayo, Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection Service, recalled in recent hours that the caravans of illegal migrants have failed over the past two years.
On the Rio Grande, Mexico’s border with the United States, there are hundreds of migrants who have lived for more than a year waiting for President-elect Joe Biden to grant them asylum.
Hurricanes Eta and Iota left severe damage and deaths in Honduras, and the coronavirus pandemic, which is holding the nation economically paralyzed, is said to be some of the reasons for the pursuit of the American dream.