Mexico halts second migrant caravan as main group continues north
October 28, 2018 Patrick J. McDonnell - Los Angeles Times
Mexican authorities broke up a second attempted migrant caravan near the country’s southern border as Mexico — under pressure from U.S. authorities to stop the northward flow — offered temporary residency to Central Americans who would agree to remain in the country.
The second caravan, numbering 200 to 300, was much smaller than the major U.S.-bound caravan and was stopped Friday shortly after setting off on a highway just north of the Mexico-Guatemala border. More than 100 people were arrested and face deportation back to Guatemala, a police official said.
In a recorded national address, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Central Americans who applied for refugee status and promised to remain in the southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca would be offered provisional residency permits, work papers and access to health care and schools.
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