VADO HONDO, GUATEMALA.- Despite hunger and exhaustion, thousands of migrants from the caravan They refuse to give up the dream of reaching the United States is the case of a Honduran mother who, after losing everything, decided to take the arduous journey.
“We are sad, heartbroken, hungry, tired from the trip, but I intend to put up with everything to go to the United States,” he says. Marta del Cid, 40, originally from San Pedro Sula.
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Like them, whole families travel in the caravan, many with children. Most carry only their few belongings and almost no money.
Live under a bridge
Marta says with regret that she came to the caravan because she left her belongings in the two hurricanes who hit Central America in November and lived under a bridge.
“We have lost everything and in Honduras the government is treating us like garbage,” laments this woman traveling with her two children, 24 and three years old. The clothes you are wearing are already dirty.
Driven by unemployment, Carlos Valle, 34, travels with his three children aged four, eight and eleven with family in Comayagua (center) and did not lose faith in reaching the goal. “We are tired, but we will resist and I hope Guatemala will let us pass to continue the march to the United States,” he said.
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Before attempting to proceed, the migrants were repelled with sticks and tear gas from the military and police. Many migrants were injured in the skirmish, with the army using long sticks to defeat them and prevent them from overcoming the barrier.
Most of the group has been reduced to about 4,000 people. The rest is scattered. About 800 have been incarcerated in a nearby town and more than 1,500 have returned voluntarily.