San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Hundreds Hondurans They are waiting in the Central Metropolitana de Buses de San Pedro Sula to leave by caravan with the idea of reaching the United States.
Most of them rest on the grass from late morning until dawn before heading for the north boulevard towards the customs point of Corinto, on the border with Guatemala.
After a meeting, the Hondurans have decided to leave at 5 a.m. for Corinto, on the border with Guatemala.
Last night a caravan of at least 250 migrants Hondurans He started his walk to the border with Guatemala on his way to the United States, arguing that there is no work in his country.
The migrants crossed the border into Guatemala on Thursday through blind spots where the government declared a curfew the departments of Izabal, Zacapa, Chiquimula, Jutiapa, El Progreso, Petén and Santa Rosa.
Guatemala needs that migrants Those who enter present, in addition to their ID, a negative test of covid-19.
Lots of the Hondurans They seek better living conditions and travel in the hope that the elected President of the United States, Joe Biden, will welcome them.
Unemployed migrants
Migrants justify the exodus into extreme poverty and underemployment, the violence of gangs and drug traffickers in their country and the crisis created by the passage of two hurricanes in November.
“Don’t waste your time and money or put your safety and health at risk,” the Acting Commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Mark A. Morgan, advised in a statement. It’s a “deadly” journey, he emphasized.
More than a dozen caravans have left Honduras since October 2018, but have collided with the wall and the deployment of thousands of border guards and soldiers on behalf of President Trump on the southern border with Mexico.
Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras have signed an agreement known as a “safe third country” with the Trump administration in which they agree to work with the United States to stop migratory flows from the south of the continent.