Overview

• Migrants in Pijijiapan say agents tried to take women and minors onto INM trucks before the group intervened to pull them out.
• Separate INM action in the community of Galeana resulted in roughly 20 people being taken to the Siglo XXI station in Tapachula, according to local reporting.
• Video from the Pijijiapan encounter shows migrants throwing stones as INM and National Guard vehicles withdrew from a park.
• Travelers report checkpoints and patrols along the coastal highway and say some who entered migration procedures in Mapastepec were later returned to Tapachula.
• The caravan is paused in Pijijiapan with plans to decide Friday on a push toward Tonalá and ultimately Mexico City to seek work permits.