Soldiers and police forced hundreds of migrants in the group, mainly from Honduras to a halt at the southern town of Metapa de Dominguez from proceeding to US. The caravan of Central American migrants was blocked in a scramble to block US President Trump's threat to impose tariffs over undocumented immigration. About 420 immigrants have been stopped and taken to a detention centre by bus according to The National Migration Institute.
A lot of these immigrants are asylum seekers who are fleeing violence poverty in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. A lot of the immigrants from the the caravan fled and according to police estimates, the caravan had about 1,200 people.
Trump threatened sanctions if Mexico failed to stop Central American migrants from reaching the US border. He is is threatening to apply tariffs of five per cent on all Mexican exports starting Monday, and rising incrementally to 25 percent by October. This has triggered panic in Mexico, which sends 80 per cent of its exports to the United States.
A high-level delegation led by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard held talks in Washington with US officials in a bid to avoid Trump's threatened tariffs. Tensions escalated as officers brandishing anti-riot shields blocked the caravan's path. According to activists travelling with the group of migrants, more than 100 members of Mexico's newly created National Guard took part in the operation.
