- Title: Caravan leaves Cordoba in Veracruz state to reach Mexico City shelter
- Date: 5th November 2018
- Summary: CORDOBA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO (NOVEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS LEAVING STADIUM AFTER STAYING THE NIGHT MIGRANTS GATHERING BELONGINGS AS THEY LEAVE EXTERIOR OF STADIUM AT DAWN / MIGRANTS LEAVING MIGRANTS LEAVING STADIUM AT DAWN VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING IN STREET AT DAWN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HONDURAN MIGRANT, ALEJANDRO FLORES, SAYING: "There is no work in Honduras, there's a lot of corruption, vandalism. You can lose your house. Rather than dying over there, we thought it was a better option to come over to see if we can improve, forge ahead with our children, my wife, parents." GIRL HOLDING MOTHERS HAND AND SHE WALKS WITH FAMILY FAMILY WALKING ON STREET MIGRANTS WALKING ON SIDE OF ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HONDURAN MIGRANT, EMMANUEL GARCIA, SAYING: "What we ask, even to the United States government is to be a little human. To be more human. We don't come to cause trouble. We come to work. We come to work. We want to work because we want to improve our lifestyle and we haven't had the opportunity to do so in our country. We don't come because we want to." VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS BUYING ATOLE AND TAMALES FROM WOMAN FAMILY WITH BABY EATING TAMALES MIGRANTS GATHERED IN STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HONDURAN MIGRANT, ALEXANDER GARCIA, SAYING: "After everything we are going through, migration and United States authorities, who are waiting to see what will happen, it's better for things to cool down, to then look to do something over there. There is more risk at the moment. There is nothing to be done only to ask for political asylum." MIGRANTS WALKING ALONG STREET MIGRANTS ON SIDE OF STREET YOUNG MAN MIGRANTS ON TOP OF PICK-UP TRUCK MIGRANTS GATHERED IN STREET
- Embargoed: 19th November 2018 15:59
- Keywords: Migrant caravan in Mexico Veracruz Mexico City Trump
- Location: CORDOBA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
- City: CORDOBA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001958C6KN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Central American migrants continued their march northward on Monday (November 5) from the city of Cordoba in Veracruz, aiming to reach Mexico City later today as they seem undeterred by renewed threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
They are heading towards Mexico City where they expect to arrive this evening to take up temporary shelter at a sports stadium.
More than 1,000 Central Americans, many fleeing gang violence and financial hardship in their home countries, are already staying at the stadium where the city government set up medical aid and food kitchens.
Ahead of U.S. congressional elections this Tuesday, Trump has warned repeatedly about the advance of the caravan and ordered thousands of troops to the Mexican border, where units strung up razor wire this weekend.
The capital is located nearly 500 miles (805 kilometres) from the closest border crossings in Texas. They left the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula four weeks ago. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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