Migrants, including children and pregnant women, were intercepted by the police at the Corinto border post, according to the spokesperson for the Guatemalan Institute of Migration.
Le Monde with AFP
The Guatemahs authorities arrested some 400 migrants on Saturday, September 24, on the border with Honduras, citizens of Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti for most of them, who were trying to join the United States , Alejandra Mena, spokesperson for the Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM).
Migrants, including children and pregnant women, were intercepted by the police at the Corinto border post, in the department of Izabal, east of the country, she added, adding:
“They are mostly people of Venezuelan, Haitian and Cuban nationality. Minors and pregnant women benefit from priority attention.”
another expected group
The government has activated a protocol for the management of migrants after having located them because, according to the IGM, another important group could enter the same way on the Guatemalan territory since Honduras in the coming hours.
In addition to being a country of origin for migrants seeking to enter irregularly in the United States, Guatemala is also a corridor for thousands of citizens of other nationalities who want to flee poverty or violence in their country and try to reach American soil.