Mexico Says More Than 3,600 People Make Up Migrant Caravan Heading North

A migrant caravan walks into the interior of Mexico after crossing the Guatemalan border near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico on Oct. 21, 2018. John Moore/Getty Images

Mexican officials said that more than 3,600 migrants are now traveling through Mexico and heading toward the United States.

In a statement on Oct. 24, the Mexican government said approximately 3,630 people—mostly Hondurans fleeing violence and poverty at home—make up the migrant group traveling north from the Mexican city of Huixtla toward Mapastepec, Chiapas.