Thousands of Honduran migrants resumed Sunday their march to the United States from the southern Mexican city of Ciudad Hidalgo, AFP journalists said.
The Mexican authorities managed to block this "caravan" of more than 4,000 people on a border bridge on Thursday, but many migrants entered the country illegally through the river separating Mexico from Guatemala.
"No one is going to stop us, after all, we've done, like crossing the river," Aaron Juarez, 21, who walked with difficulty because of foot injuries, along with his wife, told AFP. of his baby.
"We are tired, but very happy, we are united and strong," said Edwin Geovanni Enamorado, a Honduran caravan farmer, who says he left his country after being racketeered by criminal gangs of the Maras.
The "caravan" left a week ago from San Pedro Sula, in northern Honduras, following a call on social networks relayed by a former Honduran deputy.
On Sunday morning, about a thousand migrants, including women and children, were still stranded on the border bridge hoping to enter Mexico legally.
The day before, the Mexican authorities opened the border to women and children who were then taken to a shelter in the city of Tapachula, about 40 km from Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico.
US President Donald Trump thanked Saturday the Mexican authorities for the efforts to block the caravan.
"Mexico will not allow illegal entry into its territory and even less violently," Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Friday night in a video message.
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