Second huge migrant caravan reaches Mexico after wading through the river that borders with Guatemala as they continue to bear down on the US
- Hundreds of migrants attempted to cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala to Mexico Monday
- They were met by Mexican federal police who blocked them from entering country
Hundreds of Central American migrants attempted to cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala to Mexico en masse on Monday, but were met by ranks of Mexican federal police who blocked them from entering the country.
The standoff on the riverbank followed a more violent confrontation that occurred on the nearby bridge over the river the night before, when migrants tossed rocks and used sticks against Mexico police. One migrant was killed Sunday night of a head wound, but the cause was unclear.
While migrants on the bridge had appeared to be preparing for a second day of confrontations early Monday, instead they tried the route taken by the first caravan 10 days ago after it, too, was blocked: to the river below.
The first, larger caravan made it across the river by wading or on rafts, and now is advancing through southern Mexico.
A helicopter of the Mexican Police flies over members of the second migrant caravan, mostly Hondurans, as they cross the Suchiate River
Dust clouds are created by a Mexican Federal Police helicopter flying close to the Suchiate River in order to create a downwash force to discourage the migrants bound for the US border
A new group of Central American migrants bound for the US border, wade in mass across the Suchiate River that connects Guatemala and Mexico Monday
But since that crossing, the Mexican Navy has begun patrolling the Suchiate River and Mexican police have taken up positions on the riverbank, insisting migrants register before entering and show travel documents that many do not have.
Earlier Monday, about 600 migrants had gathered on the bridge, where Mexican federal police had blocked one end. The migrants had gasoline bombs made of soft-drink bottles, and improvised PVC tubes to launch fireworks or other projectiles.
Baby strollers are seen being carried by migrants above the surface of the water during their river crossing Monday
A mass of water-logged humanity comes ashore onto the river bank in Mexico after an arduous crossing
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