Mexico City January 22 ANI Sputnik Employees of the National Institute of Migration of Mexico detained more than 300 people on Saturday, who were part of the first 2022 caravan of migrants going to the United States from the Mexican state of Chiapas bordering Guatemala.
The migrant caravan that left Tapachula, Chiapas yesterday dispersed INAMI mx, GN MEXICO and the state police early this morning. The first group of 281 people was arrested on the Mexican Federal Highway 200. The institute wrote on Twitter that the second group of 38 people was held on secondary roads.
The detained migrants were taken to facilities of the institute to clarify their migration status. Without the necessary documents, all illegal migrants will be deported to countries of their origin.
In January another group of 600 migrants set out from Honduras but didn't cross a border with Guatemala. Almost all those seeking asylum in the US were deported back to Honduras because of the lack of the necessary documents.