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Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravan

January 25, 2020   Sexual Health

Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravanFrom the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel Vázquez has seen all the caravans of Central American migrants and asylum seekers stream past his front door in recent years, throngs of people driven to flee poverty and violence in hopes of a better life in the United States. After watching armored National Guard troops and immigration agents break up the latest one right on his doorstep, loading men, women and wailing children onto buses and hauling them off to a detention center in the nearby city of Tapachula, he’s sure of one thing. On Friday morning, life was back to normal at the river border between Ciudad Hidalgo and Tecun Uman, Guatemala.



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Migrants weigh limited options at Guatemala-Mexico border

January 23, 2020   Sexual Health

Migrants weigh limited options at Guatemala-Mexico borderHundreds of Central American migrants stranded in Guatemala on Wednesday were weighing limited options as to how to make it into Mexico, guarded by troops with riot shields and immigration agents. The goal of the migrants is to either to live and work in Mexico or continue on toward the United States. To that end, some broke away from their stalled caravan and struck out on their own to cross in small groups at a distance from the Suchiate River border bridge, which forms a chokepoint on the migratory route north from Central America, hoping to avoid patrolling officers.



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Brief scuffles at Guatemala-Mexico border as migrants try to cross

January 18, 2020   Sexual Health

Brief scuffles at Guatemala-Mexico border as migrants try to crossScuffles briefly broke out on the Guatemala-Mexico border on Saturday morning as a group of several hundred mostly Honduran migrants pressed forward to cross, only to be pushed back by Mexican security forces. Scores of people who entered Guatemala from Honduras in recent days have been arriving at the Mexican border, with the bulk of them still advancing in a larger caravan, testing the resolve of Mexico to heed U.S. demands to contain migrant flows. President Donald Trump has threatened to hurt Mexico and Central American countries economically if they allow large groups to reach the U.S. border, and the latest exodus from Honduras has been accompanied by U.S. border agents.



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Migrants, troops slowly build up on Guatemala-Mexico border

January 18, 2020   Sexual Health

Migrants, troops slowly build up on Guatemala-Mexico borderMore than 200 mostly Honduran migrants rested on a bridge at the Guatemala-Mexico border waiting for the arrival of others and hoping sheer numbers will improve their chances of entering Mexico and continuing their journey north. Across the river from Tecun Uman, in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Hidalgo, National Guard troops with riot shields trucked in throughout Friday afternoon in anticipation of the migrants’ next move. Mexico’s government has said migrants entering the country without registering will not be allowed to pass from the border area.



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The Briefing Room: Migrant caravan reaches Guatemala-Mexico border

October 21, 2018   Sexual Health

The Briefing Room: Migrant caravan reaches Guatemala-Mexico borderPresident Trump ramps up his rhetoric as thousands of migrants reach the Mexico-Guatemala border, and he praises Rep. Greg Gianforte, who body-slammed a journalist.



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