The majority of caravans are preparing to leave the CDMX

Mexico City – Nearly 4,000 Central American migrants prepared to leave a stadium in southern Mexico City on Saturday, beginning the longest and most dangerous part of their journey to the US border. the target of criticism of President Donald Trump.

Most of the caravan will track the approximately 900 migrants who left the Mexican capital on Friday, and many were eager to continue after spending most of the week in camp. at Jesús Martínez Stadium

"Come on, let's go," shouted Honduran Eddy Rivera, 37, who did not want to stay in the camp anymore.

"We are all sick from the cold, damp," added Rivera, who left his wife and four children in Honduras. "We want to leave now, we have to go to Tijuana."

Although he does not know how an unqualified farm worker like him would be admitted to the United States, his dream is simple: to earn enough money to build a small house for his family. in Puerto Cortés.

The project of the migrants was to take the subway to the north of Mexico City and from there to go first to the city of Queretaro, then to Guadalajara (State of Jalisco), Culiacán (Sinaloa) and Hermosillo (Sonora) to reach Tijuana, on the US border, said Nashieli Ramirez, director of the Mexican Human Rights Commission.

Eighty-four percent of at least 4,000 Americans left in the city will leave before dawn. Saturday, and another 400 people decided to stay in the country, he added.

The governor of Queretaro, Francisco Domínguez, said that the caravan would be installed in the Corregidora Stadium of the capital, Querétaro, and that the authorities were present. ready to receive 4,000 people.

For many, this will be their first time on the subway and they do not know the city or the 2,800-kilometer (1,740-mile) route to Tijuana. In northern Mexico, drug cartels and gangs operate.

Over time, state human rights commissions have created a "chain of protection" to accompany the caravan, Ramirez said.

migrants have spent the past few days resting, receiving medical care and debating the continuation of their difficult journey through Central America and Mexico, which began in mid-October.

Representatives of the caravan on Thursday called for buses to take them to the border. for the moment, they have not received offers, which frustrates the migrants. One of the main concerns of all was to stay united for safety.

Mexico City is a hundred kilometers from the nearest intersection in McAllen, Texas, but close to the border towns of Reynosa, Matamoros, with the Mexican border. and Nuevo Laredo are controlled by cartels and migrants believe that it is too dangerous to take risks. While this also entails risks, the road to California is considered safer.

A smaller caravan that went to the border last spring also chose to arrive in Tijuana, in the far northwest, to cross San Diego. When they reached their goal, the contingent had only 200 people, after many remained on the road.

Mexico offered visas for refuge, asylum or work to migrants. The government said it had issued 2,697 temporary visas to individuals or families pending resolution of the permanent status application process, which takes about 45 days. On Wednesday, a bus left the Mexican capital with 37 people who returned to their country.

But many want to continue in the United States.

About 85% of the members of the caravan come from Honduras and the rest of the world. Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

The caravan became a central issue in the mid-term US election campaign this week and Trump ordered the dispatch of more than 5,000 troops to the border. before the arrival of migrants. The US leader also threatened to hinder the conditions for obtaining asylum and detention of the applicants in tent cities.