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Police fire tear gas at migrants near Honduras-Guatemala border

Thursday, 16 January 2020 2:57 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 16 January 2020 3:03 AM ]

Honduran migrants cross the border between Honduras and Guatemala after breaking a police fence in Corinto, Honduras, on January 15, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

At a border crossing between Honduras and Guatemala migrants travelling to the US were tear-gassed by police on Wednesday (January 15).

The video obtained by Reuters was shared anonymously by an eyewitness at the scene.

Guatemala's new president on Wednesday faced an early test of his ability to manage migration as a caravan of hundreds of people left Honduras for the United States, and said Mexico would halt its progress.

President Alejandro Giammattei inherited a contentious deal that his predecessor's government struck with Washington designed to make migrants from Honduras and El Salvador seek asylum in Guatemala rather than the United States.

(Source: Reuters)

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