Mexico warns there are now 14,000 making their way to the US

[Elderberry]

Daily Mail By Jennifer Smith 10/24/2018

The caravan marches on: Migrants resume their journey after taking the day off as Mexico warns there are now 14,000 making their way to the US

    Mexican officials put the total number of migrants making their way to the US at 14,000
    That included 7,000 in southern Mexico, 3,000 on Guatemala's border with Mexico, and 4,000 behind them in Guatemala and Honduras
    How it has changed since then is hard to determine but it has grown exponentially since the first group set off
    On Tuesday, after President Trump said he had 'no proof' there were criminals among the migrants, the Department of Homeland Security said it had
    They include people with 'long histories' from the Middle East, South East Asia and Africa 
    The migrants - who are moving at roughly 40 miles per day - are still more than 1,000 miles from the US border
    The Mexican government has already received more than 1,500 asylum claims since the caravan set off

The migrant caravan resumed its march through Mexico on Wednesday as the country's officials warned that the total number of people now heading towards the US is close to 14,000. 

On Wednesday morning, the main group of around 7,000 mostly Honduran migrants left Huixtla before the sun rose after spending a day there recuperating and honoring a man who died on Monday by falling from the back of a truck.

Today they will march 40 miles to the town of Mapastepec then they will rest there for the night. They are still 1,100 miles from the US-Mexico border.

At this rate of around 40 miles a day, it will take them another 25 days at least to get to the point on the Texan border which they are likely to attempt to cross. 

The group has been gradually increasing their pace since crossing over into Mexico. On their first day of walking, they covered 19 miles. On Monday, they walked 25 miles to Huixtla. They have almost double the ground to cover to get to Mapastepec. 

Behind them are an additional 7,000, according to Mexican officials cited by local newspaper El Universal. 

That includes around 3,000 who entered Mexico on Monday after being delayed on its border bridge with Guatemala, 2,000 in a second caravan now in Chiquimula, Guatemala, and an additional 2,000 who are planning to mobilize in Honduras in the next few days.

As the migrants continued in their journey, President Trump continued complaining about it on Twitter.

'For those who want and advocate for illegal immigration, just take a good look at what has happened to Europe over the last 5 years. A total mess!

'They only wish they had that decision to make over again.

'We are a great Sovereign Nation. We have Strong Borders and will never accept people coming into our Country illegally!' he tweeted on Wednesday morning.

More with many pictures :https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6311839/Migrant-caravan-marches-Mexico-warns-14-000-way-US.html

[Dexter]

40 miles per day is kind of impressive.

[INVAR]

40 miles per day is kind of impressive.

Not really.

[mountaineer]

40 miles per day is kind of impressive.

Not by truck.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/migrant-caravan-not-walking-theyre-being-transported-to-us-border-on-the-back-of-flat-bed-trucks-video/

[mountaineer]

While Mexico is busy "warning," perhaps that country ought to do something to stop it. That government is so incredibly impotent, we ought to send them a few thousand Viagra.

[Dexter]

Not by truck.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/migrant-caravan-not-walking-theyre-being-transported-to-us-border-on-the-back-of-flat-bed-trucks-video/

Oh, the article mentions them marching. Marching 40 miles in a day would be pretty impressive for a group with women and children.

[mountaineer]

Wishful thinking? Still just a drop in the bucket.

Sickness, Fear, Harassment in Mexico Whittle Away at Caravan
By MARK STEVENSON
 Published on October 25, 2018

HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — Little by little, sickness, fear and police harassment are whittling down the migrant caravan making its way to the U.S. border, with many of the 4,000 to 5,000 migrants camped overnight under plastic sheeting in a town in southern Mexico complaining of exhaustion.

The group, many with children and even pushing toddlers in strollers, planned to depart Mapastepec at dawn Thursday with more than 1,000 miles still to go before they reach the U.S. border.

But in recent days a few hundred have accepted government offers to bus them back to their home countries.

Jose David Sarmientos Aguilar, a 16-year-old student from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, was one of at least 80 migrants waiting in the town square of Huixtla, where the rest of the caravan departed Wednesday morning, for four buses that would take them back to Honduras.  ...

Oops, AP admits they're not walking:

... In at least one instance, The Associated Press saw federal police officers force a half-dozen passenger vans to pull over and make the drivers kick migrants off, while leaving Mexican passengers aboard. In a climate where heat makes walking nearly impossible at midday, such tactics may eventually take a toll on migrants’ health.  ...

rest of story

[Sanguine]

At this rate of around 40 miles a day, it will take them another 25 days at least to get to the point on the Texan border which they are likely to attempt to cross.

I would be very surprised if they didn't make it to the border in time for a pre-November 6th confrontation.

[thackney]

40 miles per day is kind of impressive.

Anyone not a trained athlete walking 20 miles in a day is not going to be walking any miles the next day.  I did a 12 mile March of Dimes walk when I was in my 20s.