Migrants prepare to depart Mexico City to continue journey to US border
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(10 Nov 2018) Almost 4,000 Central American migrants left the Jesus Martinez stadium in southern Mexico City early on Saturday for the longest and most dangerous leg of a trek to the US border. The bulk of the caravan, which has drawn fire from US President Donald Trump, will follow the roughly 900 migrants who left Mexico City on Friday. The migrants' plan was to take the subway to the northern part of Mexico's capital, then proceed first to Queretaro, followed by Guadalajara, Culiacan and Hermosillo, until they arrive in Tijuana on the US border, according to the director of Mexico's Human Rights Commission. For many, it will be the first time they have ever been in a metro system, and they have little knowledge of the capital, or the 1,740 mile (2,800 kilometer) route to Tijuana that lies ahead of them. Drug cartels and gangs operate in many parts of northern Mexico. About 85 percent of the migrants are from Honduras, while others are from the Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b61d53dbc3d3d38ba5d72547f3936636
