Migrant caravan seeks refuge

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  • Honduran migrants leave Guatemala City on October 18, 2018, heading in a caravan to the United States.

    A caravan of about 2,000 Honduran migrants set out on October 13 from the impoverished, violence-plagued country for the long journey through Guatemala and Mexico to the U.S. border. President Trump warned Honduras he will cut millions of dollars in aid if the migrants are allowed to reach the United States.

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  • Honduran migrants aboard vehicles headed towards the United States, in Guatemala City, on October 18, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants walk behind the Honduran flag in a caravan towards the United States in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on October 17, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants cross the border from Guatemala into Mexico on October 19, 2018.

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  • Mexican Federal Police officers get ready for the arrival of a caravan of Honduran migrants heading to the U.S., on the international bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on the border with Guatemala, on October 19, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. remove a barrier at the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. 

    President Trump has threatened to deploy the U.S. military to stop the caravan from entering the United States.

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  • A woman holds a crying baby as Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. are met by Mexican police at the gates of the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • Men attempt to grab a tear gas canister thrown by the Mexican Federal Police, after Central American migrants rushed the gate at the border crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. 

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  • A youth calls for calm as he stands in front of a line of Mexican Federal Police in riot gear, after Central American migrants rushed the gate at the border crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, October 19, 2018. 

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  • A Honduran migrant is cooled down after struggling to cross one of the gates of the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • A Honduran migrant mother and child cower in fear as they are surrounded by Mexican Federal Police in riot gear, at the border crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, October 19, 2018. 

    Central Americans traveling in a caravan broke through a Guatemalan border fence and streamed by the thousands toward Mexican territory, defying Mexican authorities’ entreaties for an orderly migration and U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliation.

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  • Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. lift a child over the gate of the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. President Trump has threatened to deploy the U.S. military to stop them entering the United States.

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  • Aerial view of a Honduran migrant caravan stopped on the Guatemala-Mexico international bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • A Honduran migrant family is allowed to pass through to safety by Mexican Federal Police in riot gear, at the border crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. Central Americans traveling in a caravan broke through a Guatemalan border fence and streamed by the thousands toward Mexican territory.

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  • Thousands of Honduran migrants rush across the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, October 19, 2018. Migrants broke down the gates at the border crossing and began streaming toward a bridge into Mexico. 

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  • Mexican Federal Police officers try to block Honduran migrants from going through at the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. 

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  • Thousands of Honduran migrants rush across the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on October 19, 2018. Migrants broke down the gates at the border crossing and began streaming toward a bridge into Mexico.

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  • Honduran migrants heading towards the United States rest at a gymnasium of a Catholic church in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on October 16, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants aboard a pick-up van heading to the United States  under heavy rain in Siquinala municipality, south of Guatemala City, on October 18, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants line up to receive food after arriving in Mazatenango, 160 km south of Guatemala City, on October 18, 2018.

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  • Migrants heading in a caravan to the United States walk with a Honduran national flag as they leave Guatemala City, on October 18, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants stop to rest at a gas station in Zacapa, Guatemala, on October 16, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants walk across the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge, from Guatemala’s Ciudad Tecun Uman to Mexico’s Ciudad Hidalgo, on October 19, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants rest in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, near the border with Mexico, on October 19, 2018. 

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  • A Honduran migrant heading to the United States reads the New Testament as he rests at the Casa del Migrante (Migrant’s House) in Guatemala City on October 17, 2018. 

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  • A Honduran migrant wearing a “Donald Trump for President” t-shirt walks across the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge, from Guatemala’s Ciudad Tecun Uman to Mexico’s Ciudad Hidalgo, on October 19, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants, heading in a caravan to the United States, argue with Guatemalan police officers at the border with Mexico, on October 19, 2018. The previous day, President Trump threatened to send the military to close the southern U.S. border if Mexico fails to stem the “onslaught” of migrants from Central America.

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  • Honduran migrants, heading in a caravan to the United States, gather at the central park of Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, near the border with Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants aboard a truck heading through Guatemala towards the border with Mexico on October 19, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants sleep on the floor at Tres Caidas Church in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, near the border with Mexico, on October 18, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants get on a car to go to Tecum Uman, on Guatema’s border with Mexico, in Guatemala City, on October 18, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. cross the Suchiate River in a makeshift raft in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on October 19, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. open one of the gates of the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. President Trump has threatened to deploy the U.S. military to stop them entering the United States.

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  • Members of the Red Cross tend to children, part of a group of Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the United States, at the Tres Caidas Church in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the border with Mexico, October 18, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants walk across the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge on October 19, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants, including a man pushing a baby carriage, walk across the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge on October 19, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the United States rest in a park in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the border with Mexico, on October 18, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants wave from a vehicle on their way to Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on the border with Mexico, as they take part in a caravan heading to the United States on October 19, 2018.

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  • A Honduran migrant, heading in a caravan to the United States, holds a sign reading, “Donald Trump, we are not criminals, we are workers who want to work,” in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on October 19, 2018.

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  • A Honduran boy cries after his mother decided he wouldn’t accompany her across the Goascoran River – the border between Honduras and El Salvador – since its current is too strong, on October 18, 2018.

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  • A Honduran migrant prepares to cross the Goascoran River to enter illegally into El Salvador, on October 18, 2018. 

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  • A Honduran migrant prepares to cross the Goascoran River to enter illegally into El Salvador, on October 18, 2018.

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  • A Honduran migrant woman walks next to her son as she prepares to cross the Goascoran River to enter illegally to El Salvador on October 18, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants attempt to cross the Goascoran River to enter illegally to El Salvador on October 18, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants, part of a caravan heading to the United States, stop to eat in Guatemala on October 18, 2018.

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  • A Honduran migrant woman helps a boy at the main square of Ciudad Hidalgo, in Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants cross the border from Guatemala into Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants heading to the U.S. get cups of coffee at the main square of Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • A Honduran migrant heading to the U.S. rests at a temporary shelter in Ciudad Hidalgo, in Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 19, 2018.

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  • Honduran migrants attempt to cross the Goascoran River from Honduras into El Salvador on October 18, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants rest in the main square of Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants sleep on the ground in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on October 17, 2018. 

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  • Honduran migrants crowd into a truck in a caravan to the United States, in Guatemala City, on October 18, 2018.

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