Caravan Journal: Another group of Central Americans move from Guatemala to Mexico after hours of tension | Living undocumented immigrants

Fighting growing fatigue, the caravan of Honduran migrants reached its fourth stop in southern Mexico on Thursday heading for the United States. She arrived in Pijijiapan, in the south of the state of Chiapas, after a seven-hour walk from the municipality of Mapastepec

Nothing seems to deter this group of migrants, not even the anti-immigrant speech of President Donald Trump, who announced the deployment of soldiers on the border between the two countries.

The caravan left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 13, and entered the Mexican territory six days later, with more than 7,000 people, about half of whom have not yet reached its destination. goal. He traveled nearly 500 miles in ten days.

"The only thing that scares us is that they send us back to Honduras," said Ángel Josué Flores, a 20-year-old bricklayer's badistant.

Sergio Caceres, 40, Advance pushed into his wheelchair by a friend met in the caravan. "In my country, no one supports me," says Cáceres, who is looking for two sisters who live in the United States and who have maintained it.

The exhausted migrants rested on the sidewalk and concrete floor of Pijijiapan's main square, surrounded by multicolored houses.

Some went to health centers to receive intravenous serum. "What has been treated so far are blisters to the feet, fungus, stomach infections, headaches and mild," said José Antonio, Red Cross paramedic, cited by Efe

. Until Wednesday, 1,743 asylum applications in Mexico were counted, especially minors with their mothers and other women, according to the Mexican government.

Migrants still have to travel more than 3,000 km to reach the US border, according to a calculation that would take them about a month and a half.