![]() ![]() ![]() “But they took a long time,” said Beltrandez, a furniture restorer. Mexico requires migrants applying for humanitarian visas or asylum to remain in the border state of Chiapas, next to Guatemala, for their cases to be processed.Īnthony Beltrandez, a Cuban who left his country in 2018 to go to Uruguay, had been waiting for 1 1/2 months in Tapachula for papers that would allow him to reach the U.S. Tens of thousands of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti have been waiting in Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, for refugee or asylum papers that might allow them to travel, but have grown tired of delays in the process. ![]() border around Del Rio, Texas, in September. Unlike previous marches, the one that started Saturday from Tapachula did not include as many Haitian migrants, thousands of whom reached the U.S. By midday on the second day of their march, they reached the town of Huehuetan, in southern Chiapas state. Mostly from Honduras and El Salvador, many were accompanied by small children. Migrants started out before dawn to avoid the burning heat. ![]() HUEHUETAN, Mexico (AP) - A group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants continued their mass trek from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula on Sunday, reaching a town about 16 miles (26 kilometers) away. ![]()
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