US migration police "trying to fight" against migrants at the border

UNITED STATES.

With the advancing migrant caravan, US Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBP) They conducted the test of an riot operation on one of the international bridges of El Paso (Texas)., while thousands of Central America by caravan cross Mexico towards the border.

Around One hundred agents, armed with long weapons, equipped with an anti-riot and hooded device, were placed a few meters from the line separating the United States from Mexico and constituted a series of tactical formations during about forty minutes.while a CBP helicopter was flying over the border.

The training took by surprise hundreds of users of the Paso del Norte International Bridge, who, seeing that the entry point to the United States was hampered, had to wait standing or aboard their vehicles, the Mexican side of the border.

Rubén Jáuregui, spokesman for the Department of Customs and Border Protection of the El Paso sector, told Efe that it was "an operation" to prepare agents who protect the border with Mexico in the event of an incident.

We have to make sure we are ready for any incident, "he said.

The official declined to comment on the relationship between the operation and the caravans of thousands of Central Americans crossing Mexico with the intention of seeking asylum upon their arrival in the United States.

A first caravan, With some 3,000,500 migrants, he left San Pedro Sula (Honduras) on October 13 and, after crossing Guatemala, is currently traveling through Mexico to the United States.

A second convoy, made up of 1,500 migrants, today crossed the Suchiate River, which separates Guatemala from Mexico, and in the coming days, another caravan of Salvadorans is expected to arrive in Mexico, which has left its country this year. Sunday with the intention of reaching the US territory.

US President Donald Trump He posted on his Twitter account that his government would prevent caravan immigrants from entering the country and that it would be better to "turn around and return to their country".

Some sectors said the president was seeking to capitalize on fears over the issue of immigration and the caravan of Central America for political gains in the upcoming mid-term legislative elections.

The government also announced the deployment of 5,200 troops at the Mexican border to meet the caravans of Central American migrants to "harden the border".

According to pro-immigrant organizations, migrant caravans are a legitimate initiative of thousands of people looking for better opportunities for their families.

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