Caravan of nearly 1000 migrants becomes the fourth large convoy to set-off from Honduras to the US in the last six months…(8…)
Nearly 1000 people gathered in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Tuesday evening
The hopeful migrants first mobilized together on social media in a call to action
Among the bustling crowd were a number of families with young children
Since October, three other convoys of migrants have departed from Honduras
They say they’re seeking to escape rising violent crime and unemployment levels
By LUKE KENTON
DAILYMAIL.COM
10 April 2019
Nearly one thousand people gathered in the Honduras town of San Pedro Sula on Tuesday evening to form a new caravan to venture across the United States boarder.
The hopeful migrants first mobilized together on social media, taking authorities by surprise as previous online appeals have failed to garner significant attendance numbers.
‘There are more than 800, almost a thousand,’ a police official said of the congregation to AFP.
Among the bustling crowd were a number of families with young children seeking to escape the rising violent crime and unemployment levels currently afflicting much of the Central American country.
Many of near-millennium of migrants set-off on their 1,600 mile journey to the border yesterday evening in a swell of overcrowded minibuses. Others huddled together and slept in the streets as they awaited more shuttles.
‘We are done with this government, there is no work,’ said 27-year-old Alexis Perez ahead of the voyage.
More of the congregation left on Wednesday morning and were pictured walking on foot and cramming into the back of pick-up trucks as they departed from the Metropolitan Center towards the Guatemalan border.
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