The migrant caravan that arrived and spent the night in the municipality of Arriaga left Chiapas on Sunday and is now heading to Oaxaca, after traveling for several days through nine municipalities on the southern border. The contingent, made up of some 1,500 people, according to authorities, left on the afternoon of Sunday, November 17, from the central park of Arriaga heading to Oaxaca.
The foreign migrants, mostly tired and overwhelmed by the complicated route, said they rested for a couple of days in Arriaga because they know that the road they will travel on their way to the center of the country is not easy.
The migrants, mostly Venezuelan and Honduran, reported that several of the members of the group that left Tapachula were kidnapped by criminal groups that operate in the division of both entities. Due to this situation, they called on the Mexican government to assist the massive groups moving from the southern border, heading to Mexico City.
Many of the migrants are malnourished and dehydrated, and children and women are the most affected, with abrasions on their feet from walking on the hot pavement and not wearing the right shoes.
The first objective was to get from Tapachula to Arriaga in Chiapas, and now they know very well that getting to Oaxaca is complicated, but their second objective is to go from there to Mexico City and then move to the north of the country to be able to cross into the United States. They say that in the south there is nothing to do and all these people want to continue walking through national territory and whatever the cost, they will try to reach the United States, they said.
The caravan will walk at night and in the early morning to avoid the intense sun and thus avoid further dehydration. The migrants are protected by members of the National Guard, state police and members of Civil Protection of Oaxaca.
Source: cronica
