Migrants continue journey across Mexico towards US border
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(10 Nov 2018) Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move Saturday, as dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked members of a caravan headed to the US border to the last stop on a line in the northern part of the capital. Roughly 4,000 migrants who plan to proceed first to the city of Queretaro - a state capital 124 miles (200 kilometers) to the northwest of Mexico City - and then possibly to Guadalajara, Culiacan, Hermosillo and eventually Tijuana on the US border. Whereas in Mexico's tropical south they carried tiny knapsacks with bare essentials, their belongings had swelled notably during their time in Mexico City. Many are now hauling bundles of blankets, sleeping bags and heavy clothing to protect against colder temperatures in the north. Some left the capital with bottles of water and clear plastic bags of bananas and oranges for the long trek ahead. Mexico City is more than 600 miles from the nearest US border crossing at McAllen, Texas, but the area around the Mexican border cities of Reynosa, Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo is rife with drug gangs and the migrants consider it too risky. While still perilous, the route to California is considered safer. 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/29d313098fd1fca10052c48e337f09d9
