Migrant Caravan Resumes From Southern Mexico After Promise of Exit Visas Falls Through

Published on January 9, 2024

On Monday, a caravan of about 2,000 migrants resumed their journey through southern Mexico, after failing to receive the documents they believe were promised them by the Mexican government. The original caravan of about 6,000 migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, and Central America had begun walking on Christmas Eve with the goal of reaching the U.S. border. But after New Year’s Day, the Mexican government convinced them to forgo their march, promising to give them some kind of unspecified documents. The migrants were seeking transit or exit visas they hoped would allow them to take buses or trains to the U.S. border. However, the papers they received do not allow them to leave the southern state of Chiapas, which sits along the Guatemalan border....

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