Tapachula/Guatemala City - Hundreds of Salvadorans are
travelling through Guatemala and Mexico towards the United States,
following two other caravans in defiance of US President Donald
Trump's anti-migration stance, a Salvadoran official said Wednesday.
About 200 Salvadorans are waiting in the Guatemalan border town of
Tecun Uman to enter Mexico, and 500 others are on their way there,
said Antonio Azucar, a diplomatic representative for El Salvador
based in the Mexican city of Tapachula near the border.
About 300 Salvadorans entered Mexico on Tuesday, Azucar told Radio
Formula.
A first caravan estimated to include between 3,600 and 5,500 Central
Americans has meanwhile reached Juchitan in Mexico's southern Oaxaca
state.
Another caravan of up to 2,000 people is on its way from Tapachula to
Huixtla in Mexico's Chiapas state, which borders Guatemala.
The migrants have pursued their route despite the US deployment of
5 200 troops to the border with Mexico and new threats from Trump on
Wednesday.
"Our military is being mobilised at the Southern Border," Trump
tweeted. "Many more troops coming. We will NOT let these Caravans,
which are also made up of some very bad thugs and gang members, into
the U.S. Our Border is sacred, must come in legally. TURN AROUND!"
The US president continued: "The Caravans are made up of some very
tough fighters and people. Fought back hard and viciously against
Mexico at Northern Border before breaking through. Mexican soldiers
hurt, were unable, or unwilling to stop Caravan. Should stop them
before they reach our Border, but won't!"