Migrant Caravan Will Not Be Allowed to Pass, Says US Border Official

The United States will not allow a group of migrants that is readying a trip north from Honduras to travel to the U.S. border.

Honduran migrants, part of a U.S.-bound caravan, rest after being intercepted by Guatemalan Army members in San Luis, Peten department, Guatemala on Oct. 3, 2020. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

TEGUCIGALPA—The United States, its Central American allies, and Mexico will not allow a group of migrants that is readying a trip north from Honduras to travel to the U.S. border, a senior U.S. border official said on Friday.

Hondurans have taken to WhatsApp and Facebook groups, some of which have thousands of subscribers, to organize another caravan scheduled to leave from the country’s northern city San Pedro Sula on Jan. 15, despite the coronavirus pandemic.