Migrant caravan: the group sends a letter to Trump requesting 192,000 USD per person to stop entering the United States | World

This is the proposal made to the United States Government by a group of Central American migrant caravan members concentrated in Tijuana, in northern Mexico, waiting for their release to enter the United States. United since mid-November.

Dozens of migrants, mostly from Honduras, marched Tuesday in front of the US consulate and handed a letter to President Donald Trump, in which the response time was 72 hours.

The text calls on the US authorities to accept the entry of "all members" of the caravan in the United States, the main target of migrants since their departure from their country of origin in October.

But he offers an alternative: the payment of 50 000 USD (192 000 R $) per person to give up entry into the country.

"If you do not want us to enter the territory, we ask you to take Juan Orlando Hernández [presidente de Honduras] and give us $ 50,000 so that each of us can return," they wrote.

They designate the United States. responsible for the phenomenon of migration in Honduras.

"We remember that if the United States no longer wants to migrate, they must put an end to the economic, political and military intervention on our territory," says an excerpt from the letter to Trump.

a caravan that left the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula on October 12 for the United States and even gathered thousands of people along the way – many of them joined the march then that she was crossing Central America.

They say that they mostly escape the poverty and violence of "maras", gangs that operate in some countries of the continent.

In mid-November, they arrive in the Mexican city of Tijuana, on the border of the United States, where they are concentrated in shelters.

Mexican authorities reported that there were more than 5,000 people, mostly from Honduras, but the group was cleared up over the days.

The letter to the ultimatum, signed by "Caravan of Honduran Migrants", was brought to the American Consulate by about 100 people.

Alfonso Guerrero, leader of the migrant group who delivered the letter, told the Los Angeles Times that the amount requested was not as high as it appears.

"It may seem like a lot of money … but it's little, compared to everything the United States has stolen in Honduras," he said.

According to him, the money would allow migrants to return home and start a small business.

The Trump government has decided that it will not accept asylum applications from migrants who cross the border illegally, not even for humanitarian reasons.

But the group says in its letter that it is up to the country to take care of it, given the political and social situation of Honduras and neighboring countries.

"We are fleeing poverty, insecurity and repression caused by the dictatorial government of Juan Orlando Hernández and the economic, political and military interferences that his country has been practicing for over a hundred years in our country and in our country. 39, other countries of Central America. "

The text also calls for the withdrawal of 13 US military bases and companies that" offend and plunder "their countries.

"We thank you for granting asylum to protect our safety and our lives, and the best outcome of this humanitarian crisis depends on you," they told Trump.

A second group of migrants, composed of about fifty people, handed the same day another letter asking the US government to expedite the processing of asylum applications.

"We ask the Trump government to let at least 300 people a day, because the number of asylum applications is very important," Irineo Mujica, head of the Pueblos sin Fronteras group, told reporters. local press, currently handle about 40-100 requests per day.