Mexican Police Detain Hundreds of Central American Migrants

Mexican Police Detain Hundreds of Central American Migrants
A Central American migrant is detained by Mexican immigration agents on the highway to Pijijiapan, Mexico, on April 22, 2019. Moises Castillo/AP Photo
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PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico—Mexican police and immigration agents detained hundreds of Central American migrants on April 22 in the largest single raid on a migrant caravan since the groups started moving through the country last year.

Police targeted isolated groups at the tail end of a caravan of about 3,000 migrants who were making their way through the southern state of Chiapas with hopes of reaching the United States border.