Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Migrant caravan swells in Honduras as group nears Guatemala

Migrant caravan swells in Honduras as group nears Guatemala

Hundreds more of Hondurans have joined a caravan of migrants moving toward the country’s border with Guatemala in a desperate attempt to flee poverty and seek new lives in the United States.

Dunia Montoya, a volunteer assisting the migrants, said Sunday that the group had grown to an estimated 1,600 people from an initial 160 who first gathered early Friday in a northern Honduras city.

Caravan participants planned to spend Sunday night at a community center in the town of Ocotepeque before attempting to cross into Guatemala on Monday.

Montoya said many in the group might not be . . .

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