Short History: The first caravan called "Caravana Viacrus Migrante" was organized by the migrants of "La 72 in Tenosique" they started marching at the beginning of the holy week and crossed the whole country, from Guatemala to the border of United States. Just a couple of days after the caravan started marching the train workers did not allow migrants to get on the train. So the caravan split in two. One part marched to Mexico City to have an interview with the president and the other one tried to get to United States by their own means. The ones that marched to Mexico City arrived safely, had an interview with a government official, and received a 30 day visa to travel trough Mexico and get to United States. The other part of the caravan got caught and deported very fast. 61 migrants of the caravan that got to the US border asked political asylum and now their cases are being checked. The rest of the people are in different migrant shelters and will try to cross illegally the border. Sadly one of them died trying to cross the Bravo river (natural border between both countries). The second caravan called "Caravana por el Libre Tránsito" is organized by "Hermanos en el Camino in Ixtepec" they announce the departure of the march two weeks ago but it has been delayed due to threats of deportation by the mexican government. -------------------------------------------------------- They had announce a new date of departure: 1st of June at 11 am -------------------------------------------------------- NO BORDER CROSSING IS ILLEGAL MARCH FOR FREEDOM IS IN FULL SOLIDARITY WITH MARCHS AND CARAVANS IN MEXICO WE ARE ONE, FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE
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