Mexican troops urged some 1,500 Central American migrants to maintain "order and respect" on Saturday after the group attempted to force entry into the country from Guatemala in the hopes of trekking onward to the US, SIA informs citing foreign media.
Standing on the wall above the Rodolfo Robles International Bridge that connects Mexico with its southern neighbour, National Guard General Vincente Hernandez told migrants they would be allowed to cross the border in a "controlled" manner. Some 800 migrants agreed to regularise their status and seek employment in Mexico, an official from the National Institute of Migration (INM) said.
Earlier on Saturday, troops had blocked the caravan, scuffling with the migrants as they attempted to cross the border. One National Guard soldier standing guard at the bridge and speaking over a bullhorn told the travellers they could not enter without a visa or migration document, and that sneaking in was dangerous.
Most of the migrants left last on Tuesday from Honduras and had arrived on Saturday morning at the bridge over the Suchiate River, which forms the border between Guatemala and Mexico to the north. Some of the migrants insisted on getting in but others in groups of around 20 turned around and headed back to migration holding facilities on the Guatemalan side of the frontier.
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