Thousands of undocumented migrants from the Central American country of Honduras tried to cross the border to the United States, and Guatemala on Sunday (17) sent troops and police to the border with Honduras to stop the army of refugees from crossing the border, using tear gas, riot shields and batons to disperse them and injuring many.
About 8,000 refugees have entered Guatemala on Friday (15), the latter sent soldiers to the eastern border city of Chiquimula (Chiquimula) on Sunday to stop the number of about 2,000 refugees crossing the border, soldiers built five rows of human walls, and set up roadblocks, etc., to some of the refugees pepper spray, and beat them with batons, fierce clashes broke out, the scene is chaotic, there are refugees head bleeding.
Most of the refugees from Honduras, trying to pass through Guatemala and Mexico, the ultimate goal is to seek asylum in the United States. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei called on Honduras to control the mass exodus of its residents, deploring the violation of national sovereignty and hoping that Central American governments will take action to avoid putting their citizens at risk during the communist virus outbreak.
Mexico, for its part, continues to deploy thousands of members of the National Guard and immigration agents at its southern border to prevent the entry of an army of migrants, lest they be mixed with refugees.
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