Overview
- Pre-dawn operations by the National Migration Institute and the National Guard targeted caravan members in Pijijiapan and Galeana, with migrants alleging women and minors were forced into official vans before companions intervened.
- Videos show migrants throwing stones as INM and Guard vehicles withdrew, and witnesses reported some detainees were taken to the Siglo XXI migration station in Tapachula.
- The caravan paused in Pijijiapan after roughly 150 kilometers over nine days and is weighing a move toward Tonalá.
- Participants report constant checkpoints along the coastal route and say promised permits in Mapastepec have not materialized, with some people returned to Tapachula.
- The group, largely Cuban with others from Central and South America, left Tapachula on October 1 seeking documents in Mexico City, and reports dehydration, foot injuries, and a treated myiasis case.