National Post (National Edition)

HUNDREDS OF U.S.-BOUND MIGRANTS DETAINED AT BORDER

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The Guatemalan military has detained hundreds of migrants at its border as thousands of Hondurans, including many families with young children, walked north on Friday as part of a caravan hoping to reach the United States. The military detained 600 migrants and transferre­d them to immigratio­n authoritie­s on Friday. Separately, Guatemalan authoritie­s returned 102 Honduran migrants back to Honduras on Thursday. The Red Cross estimates that up to 4,000 people could join the caravan, as Honduras reels from violence and an economy shattered by hurricanes and coronaviru­s lockdowns. “We're suffering from hunger,” Oscar Garcia said as he made his way toward the Guatemala border. “It's impossible to live in Honduras, there's no work, there's nothing.”

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