Guatemala Tries to Block US-Bound Caravan of 9,000 Honduran Migrants

Guatemala Tries to Block US-Bound Caravan of 9,000 Honduran Migrants
Migrants hoping to reach the U.S. border walk alongside a highway in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on Jan. 16, 2021. Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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GUATEMALA CITY—Guatemalan soldiers blocked part of a caravan of as many as 9,000 Honduran migrants on Jan. 16, at a point not far from where they entered the country seeking to reach the U.S. border.

The soldiers, many wearing helmets and wielding shields and sticks, formed ranks across a highway in Chiquimula, near the Honduras border, to block the procession of migrants.