Tons of of migrants from Honduras have clashed with Guatemala’s stick-wielding troopers after a big caravan breached the nation’s border en path to the US.
Video from the scene reveals migrants desperately trying to push by means of a thick formation of troopers blocking a street close to the village of Vado Hondo in jap Guatemala. A big group manages to interrupt by means of the ranks, nevertheless, stick-wielding troopers rapidly intercept the vast majority of them and beat them again.
Blocking caravan: Guatemalan troopers conflict with migrants from Honduras pic.twitter.com/Wcg0afmPYB
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Three teams of round three,000 individuals every managed to cross the Guatemalan border from Honduras on Friday evening and Saturday, pushing by means of police strains and border guards. They then shaped a caravan, hoping to cross into Mexico and attain the US border.
A lot of the migrants entered with out exhibiting a destructive Covid-19 check, which Guatemalan authorities require.
YESTERDAY: Dramatic video reveals individuals from the Honduran migrant caravan pushing previous border management to cross into Guatemala. pic.twitter.com/lATvwr4O0P
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Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei’s spokesperson, Patricia Letona, informed reporters that the caravan has entered the county “by power,” in violation of the state border legal guidelines.
The nation’s authorities referred to as on Honduras to “include the mass exit of its inhabitants by means of preventive actions on a everlasting foundation.” Central American nations should “keep away from placing their inhabitants in danger amid the well being emergency because of the pandemic,” the assertion mentioned.
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