Mexico's National Guard, a militarized police force, caused scenes of panic among migrant families traveling north from the border with Guatemala over the weekend.
The clash occurred in Arriaga, one of the last municipalities in Chiapas before crossing into the state of Oaxaca. Agents stopped three vans crammed with dozens of migrants. Together with members of the National Migration Institute (INM), the military began to forcibly remove the people who were traveling in the vehicles. According to the local press, the arrests caused the separation of families traveling together.
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