VADO HONDO, GUATEMALA.- Despite hunger and exhaustion, thousands of migrants from caravan refuses to give up the dream of arriving in the United States, this is the case of a Honduran mother who, after losing everything, decided to make the difficult journey.
“We are sad, heartbroken, hungry, tired from the journey, but I intend to endure everything to get to the United States,” he says. Marta del Cid, 40, originally from San Pedro Sula.
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Like them, whole families travel in a caravan, many with children. Most of them carry only a few things and almost no money.
He lives under a bridge
Marta says with regret that she joined the caravan because she lost her belongings two hurricanes who hit Central America in November and lived under a bridge.
“We have lost everything and in Honduras the government treats us like garbage,” laments the woman, who is traveling with her two children, aged 24 and three. The clothes you are wearing are already dirty.
Like her, 34-year-old Carlos Valle is traveling on unemployment, has left his three children aged four, eight and 11 with relatives in Comayagua (center) and has not lost confidence in achieving the goal. “We are tired, but we will resist and I hope Guatemala will let us pass to continue the march to the United States,” he said.
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Before their attempt to continue, the migrants were repulsed with sticks and tear gas from the army and police. Many migrants were wounded in battle, where the army used long sticks to beat them and prevent them from crossing the barrier.
Most of the group was reduced to about 4,000 people. The rest dispersed. About 800 were taken to a nearby town and more than 1,500 returned voluntarily.