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Guatemalan security forces break up US-bound migrant caravan
Guatemalan security forces on Jan. 18 broke up a caravan of about 4,000 Honduran migrants trying to reach the...
Police advanced on the group in a coordinated move, striking batons against their shields to make an intimidating noise, prompting the migrants to scatter.
- VADO HONDO-Agence France-Presse
- Hurriyet
The group was still on Guatemalan soil, and some regrouped to resume their quest for a better life further north.
Thousands of others began returning to Honduras after clashing with the police.
Angie, a 21-year-old Honduran migrant, told AFP she was returning to Honduras to try and officially document her entry into…