Overview
- The caravan began in San Pedro Sula, Honduras in early November and after crossing Guatemala it rested in Tapachula before pausing in Huehuetán this week as it moved north through Chiapas.
- Estimates of the group’s size vary across reports from about 1,500 to more than 2,000 people and no official, up-to-date headcount has been released.
- Families in the contingent have suffered exhaustion, dehydration and foot injuries and received on-site medical aid from Protección Civil, Grupos Beta and health teams.
- Federal and local authorities including the INM and Guardia Nacional are accompanying the migrants, informing them that U.S. CBP One appointments are suspended and offering assisted returns in some cases.
- Accompanying groups say at least 38 people were detained during the movement and that a separate, larger caravan may be forming in Honduras, but those claims are unconfirmed and are being monitored in the Soconusco entry zone.