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A caravan of Central American migrants who drew President Donald Trump's Twitter tirades on Twitter before the mid-term elections in the United States was rested and regrouped Monday in a stadium that became a shelter. Mexico City before continuing.
In order to reach the United States, about 5,000 migrants, mainly from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, plagued by violence, are expected to converge on Mexico City in the coming days, then continue their northward, announced the authorities.
The first 470 arrived Sunday in Mexico City and spent the night in a stadium on the east side of the capital, where authorities have set up a large camp to welcome them and provide food and water.
According to Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, about 2,000 people had arrived at the camp on Monday, and another 3,000 are expected to arrive on Wednesday, while the fragmented caravan will regroup after being dispersed into states. from Puebla to central Mexico and from Veracruz to the east. .
Migrants sleep mainly in tents, on the floor or on the stadium's concrete terraces, at an icy nighttime temperature of about 12 degrees Celsius (54 Fahrenheit) at this time of the year, at the high altitude of Mexico City .
Many had colds or mutilated feet after a 1,600-kilometer hike that began on Oct. 13 in the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
"I could not sleep, I was cold and coughed all night," said 23-year-old Honduran migrant Karla Membreno, who is traveling with her husband and brother-in-law.
But "we must be strong, God gives us the strength to continue," she told AFP.
Two other major groups of migrants from Central America, comprising between 3,000 and 4,000 people, are currently crossing the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, the National Human Rights Commission said. # 39; man.
According to the Interior Ministry, another 3,230 Americans from Central America traveling in caravans have sought asylum in Mexico.
Trump has made immigration a key issue in anticipation of Tuesday's mid-term vote, considered a referendum on his presidency up to now.
Calling the caravan a "national emergency", he sent about 7,000 troops to the border and threatened to deploy up to 15,000 soldiers.
Central American migrants are lining up to borrow a mattress in a temporary stadium shelter in Mexico City, the last leg of their trip to the US border.
