Trump threatens military action to block ‘caravan’ of Central American migrants
Washington — US President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern US border on Thursday as more Hondurans and Salvadorans joined thousands of migrants in Guatemala headed north. "I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught — and if unable to do so I will call up the US military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
Several thousand Honduran migrants travelled this week through Guatemala headed to Mexico, with some hoping to cross into the US to escape violence and poverty in Central America. Central American migrants hiked from Honduras through muddy jungle and residential streets, some toting babies along with backpacks, images show. In Guatemala City, where migrant shelters filled with people, waves of people departed at daybreak on roads leading to Mexico. The nearest border is about 177km away. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo prepared to travel later in the day to Panama and then Mexico City, where ...
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