TAPACHULA, Mexico — Authorities have successfully dissolved the migrant caravan known as “Faith and Hope with God” after a grueling three-week journey, offering the foreigners transit permits to board a truck to continue their northward journey.
According to testimonies from the migrants, agents from the National Migration Institute (INM) reached the municipality of Arriaga, Chiapas—on the border with Oaxaca—to offer the documents on the condition that the group agree to be transported to the state capital, Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
The majority of the migrants accepted the offer, leading the INM to begin transfers in official vehicles. A small group, however, declined the proposal and opted to separate from the caravan to continue on their own.
José Celaya, a Honduran national, reported via telephone that five buses arrived on Monday to transport the first group of over 100 people. The remainder of the caravan currently remains in a sports field in Arriaga, having arrived between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. The group had been walking for twenty days since departing San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on September 20.
“We agreed because we don’t want to take any more risks, especially for the women and children who are already exhausted. We haven’t had enough food or sleep,” Celaya explained. He added that while some companions remained skeptical of the authorities and chose to navigate the train tracks, the majority opted for the bus transport, hoping the authorities would honor the agreement.
The caravan “Faith and Hope with God” originally departed Honduras with the goal of reaching the United States. The group of approximately 300 Central Americans entered Mexico four days after their departure, crossing through the municipality of Suchiate. After a two-day stop in Tapachula to allow more migrants to join, they traveled over 250 kilometers along the Chiapas coast under extreme temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius and heavy seasonal rains.
This marks the 22nd migrant caravan to attempt the journey since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office in October 2024. The first mass exodus of migrants toward Mexico and the U.S. was recorded in October 2018. Official information regarding the specific agreement and the nature of the transit documents provided by the INM has not yet been released.
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