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TIJUANA – More than a dozen members of the migrant caravan were arrested Wednesday night along the border between the United States and Tijuana, Fox News told a source close to border patrols in the San Diego area.
A small group was arrested near the beach in an area called Playas de Tijuana. A large group was arrested in the mountains east of Otay Mesa, a San Diego community straddling the Mexican border, the source said. All were arrested for trying to cross the border illegally, the source said.
Moreover, a fight broke out Wednesday night in Tijuana between local Mexicans and Hondurans arriving in the caravan. The migrants complained about the screams of the local population: "Go home. We do not want you here! Some members of the caravan complained to reporters that the local police had not tried to break the fight.
More than 2000 members of the caravan. Several hundred began arriving in Tijuana on Tuesday.
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This development comes as more than 2,000 members of the caravan – which made headlines last month and fueled the already heated debate on immigration – are expected to arrive at the border on Thursday. Hundreds of migrants started arriving at the border this week.
About twenty migrants wrapped in blankets are camped near the border fence near the ocean. Others are crammed into already overcrowded shelters or sleep in tents.
Some migrants said that they were waiting for other members of the caravan to arrive to determine next steps.
"We have to see what is offered to us, just so that they do not send us back to our country," said Jairon Sorto, a 22-year-old Honduran who arrived by bus on Wednesday.
Some migrants said that they were waiting for other members of the caravan to arrive to determine next steps.
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Sorto said that he would consider staying in Tijuana if he could get asylum from Mexico. He stated that he had refused to take into account the offer of asylum submitted by Mexico in the south of the country because it was too close to Honduras and that it was not felt unsafe facing gangs in his country.
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis visited US troops at the Texas border and said the deployment of military personnel ordered by President Donald Trump is a good training for the war, despite criticism according to which this effort would consist of wasting taxpayer money and a political stunt. Most of the troops are in Texas, more than 1500 km from where the caravan arrives.
The first wave of migrants in the caravan, which has become a central theme of the recent US election, has begun arriving in Tijuana in recent days and their numbers have increased daily. The bulk of the main caravan still appeared to be about 1,800 kilometers from the border, but has recently traveled hundreds of miles a day hitchhiking on trucks and buses.
About twenty migrants arrived in Tijuana camp near the border fence near the ocean. Others are crammed into already overcrowded shelters or sleep in tents.
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About 1,300 migrants in a second caravan were resting in a stadium in Mexico City where the first group stayed several days last week. In early Wednesday, 1,100 other migrants from a third and final caravan also arrived at the stadium.
Like most members of the third caravan, the migrant Javier Pineda is from El Salvador and hopes to reach the United States. Pineda said: "If they can do it, there is no reason for us not to do it."
Includes reports from the Associated Press.
