HOW A CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANT CARAVAN GREW SO BIG THAT IT UNINTENTIONALLY MAY HAVE BACKFIRED
Author: Daniel González,
Published: 4:55 PM EDT April 7, 2018
When the caravan set off on foot March 25 from Tapachula, Chiapas, through Mexico toward the country's northern border, instead of the usual 200 to 300 people, the group had swelled to as many as 1,600. The travelers stick together partly for protection and partly to make a political statement.
What changed this year was an explosion of participants from Honduras, an impoverished country of 9.3 million people where gang violence has made the murder rate one of the highest in the world.
An aggravating factor: A political crisis that November's presidential election triggered. Many Hondurans believe the U.S.-backed president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, stole the election in winning a razor-thin victory over his main rival, Salvador Nasralla. Several days of violent protests followed.
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