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Photos: Over 7K-strong, migrant caravan pushes on towards US border

Thousands of Central American migrants continued to push on with an arduous trek toward the US border Monday. The caravan's numbers have continued to grow as they walk and hitch rides through hot and humid weather, and the United Nations estimated that it currently comprises some 7,200 people, "many of whom intend to continue the march north." While such caravans have occurred semi-regularly over the years, this one has become a particularly hot topic ahead of the November 6 midterm elections in the US, and an immigrant rights activist traveling with the group accused Trump of using it to stir up his Republican base.

Updated on: Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM IST

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Honduran migrants rush across the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala. Thousands of Central American migrants continue an arduous trek toward the US border with many bristling at suggestions there could be terrorists among them and saying the caravan is being used for political ends by US President Donald Trump. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

Honduran migrants rush across the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala. Thousands of Central American migrants continue an arduous trek toward the US border with many bristling at suggestions there could be terrorists among them and saying the caravan is being used for political ends by US President Donald Trump. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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Honduran migrants stream towards the border bridge in Tecun Uman on Friday, moments before they broke down the gates at the Guatemala-Mexico border crossing and began streaming into Mexico. The caravan’s numbers have continued to grow as they walk and hitch rides through hot and humid weather, and the UN estimates it currently comprises some 7,200 people. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

Honduran migrants stream towards the border bridge in Tecun Uman on Friday, moments before they broke down the gates at the Guatemala-Mexico border crossing and began streaming into Mexico. The caravan’s numbers have continued to grow as they walk and hitch rides through hot and humid weather, and the UN estimates it currently comprises some 7,200 people. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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However, they were still at least 1,830 kilometers from the nearest border crossing — McAllen, Texas — on Monday, and the length of their journey could more than double if they go to Tijuana-San Diego, the destination of another caravan earlier this year. That one shrank significantly as it moved through Mexico, and only about 200 of the 1,200 reached the California border. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

However, they were still at least 1,830 kilometers from the nearest border crossing — McAllen, Texas — on Monday, and the length of their journey could more than double if they go to Tijuana-San Diego, the destination of another caravan earlier this year. That one shrank significantly as it moved through Mexico, and only about 200 of the 1,200 reached the California border. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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A man carries his raft made out of tractor inner tubes, as Honduran migrants sleep rough on the ground, at the Guatemala-Mexico border. A taper could well happen this time around as some turn back, splinter off or decide to try for asylum in Mexico. While such caravans have occurred over the years, this one has become a particularly hot topic ahead of the November 6 midterm elections in the US. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

A man carries his raft made out of tractor inner tubes, as Honduran migrants sleep rough on the ground, at the Guatemala-Mexico border. A taper could well happen this time around as some turn back, splinter off or decide to try for asylum in Mexico. While such caravans have occurred over the years, this one has become a particularly hot topic ahead of the November 6 midterm elections in the US. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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Some have questioned the timing and whether political force was behind it, though by all appearances it began as a group of about 160 banding together in Honduras for protection and snowballed as they moved north. “No one is capable of organizing this many people,” Irineo Mujica of the group Pueblo Sin Fronteras said, adding that there are only two forces driving them: “hunger and death.” (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

Some have questioned the timing and whether political force was behind it, though by all appearances it began as a group of about 160 banding together in Honduras for protection and snowballed as they moved north. “No one is capable of organizing this many people,” Irineo Mujica of the group Pueblo Sin Fronteras said, adding that there are only two forces driving them: “hunger and death.” (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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A Honduran migrant shows the tickets given by Mexican immigration authorities that enables him and his family to cross the border. Earlier in the day Trump renewed threats against Central American governments and blasted Democrats via Twitter for what he called “pathetic” immigration laws. In another tweet, he blamed Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador for not stopping people from leaving their countries. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

A Honduran migrant shows the tickets given by Mexican immigration authorities that enables him and his family to cross the border. Earlier in the day Trump renewed threats against Central American governments and blasted Democrats via Twitter for what he called “pathetic” immigration laws. In another tweet, he blamed Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador for not stopping people from leaving their countries. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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Clothes belonging to a migrant hang to dry on the fence of a border bridge. A team of AP journalists travelling with the caravan for more than a week has spoken with Hondurans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans, but has not met any Middle Easterners, who Trump suggested were “mixed in” with the migrants. It was clear, though, that more migrants were continuing to join the caravan. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

Clothes belonging to a migrant hang to dry on the fence of a border bridge. A team of AP journalists travelling with the caravan for more than a week has spoken with Hondurans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans, but has not met any Middle Easterners, who Trump suggested were “mixed in” with the migrants. It was clear, though, that more migrants were continuing to join the caravan. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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Ana Luisa Espana, a laundry worker from Guatemala, joined the caravan as she saw it pass through. Even though the goal is to reach the US border, she said: “We only want to work and if a job turns up in Mexico, I would do it. We would do anything, except bad things.” Denis Omar Contreras, a Honduran-born caravan leader also with Pueblo Sin Fronteras, said accusations that the caravan is harboring terrorists should stop. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

Ana Luisa Espana, a laundry worker from Guatemala, joined the caravan as she saw it pass through. Even though the goal is to reach the US border, she said: “We only want to work and if a job turns up in Mexico, I would do it. We would do anything, except bad things.” Denis Omar Contreras, a Honduran-born caravan leader also with Pueblo Sin Fronteras, said accusations that the caravan is harboring terrorists should stop. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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The migrants, many of them with blistered and bandaged feet, left the southern city of Tapachula early afternoon Monday, bound for Huixtla. In interviews along the journey, migrants have said they are fleeing widespread violence, poverty and corruption. The caravan is unlike previous mass migrations for its unprecedented large numbers and because it largely sprang up spontaneously through word of mouth. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

The migrants, many of them with blistered and bandaged feet, left the southern city of Tapachula early afternoon Monday, bound for Huixtla. In interviews along the journey, migrants have said they are fleeing widespread violence, poverty and corruption. The caravan is unlike previous mass migrations for its unprecedented large numbers and because it largely sprang up spontaneously through word of mouth. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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Migrants tired of waiting to cross into Mexico, jumped from a border bridge into the Suchiate River, in Tecun Uman. Some of the migrants organized a rope brigade to ford its muddy waters. The first waves began arriving in Huixtla after an exhausting eight-hour trek and quickly staked out grassy spots in the town square to bed down overnight. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

Migrants tired of waiting to cross into Mexico, jumped from a border bridge into the Suchiate River, in Tecun Uman. Some of the migrants organized a rope brigade to ford its muddy waters. The first waves began arriving in Huixtla after an exhausting eight-hour trek and quickly staked out grassy spots in the town square to bed down overnight. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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A Honduran migrant is comforted by a Mexican paramedic after her mother fainted. Caravan leaders have not defined the precise route or decided where on the US border they want to arrive, but in recent years most Central American migrants on their own have opted for the most direct route, which takes them to Reynosa, across from McAllen. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

Published on Oct 24, 2018 9:38 AM

A Honduran migrant is comforted by a Mexican paramedic after her mother fainted. Caravan leaders have not defined the precise route or decided where on the US border they want to arrive, but in recent years most Central American migrants on their own have opted for the most direct route, which takes them to Reynosa, across from McAllen. (Oliver de Roos / AP)

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