The question of how the migrant caravan began has wound its way to the American midterm elections.
As the group continues to grow, the largest such caravan in recent years, its beginnings are being scrutinized: How did more than 5,000 migrants from across Central America find each other?
In September, there were posts on Honduran Facebook groups about the plans for the caravan.
"They contacted me; they said, 'We saw what you've written; we want you to tell us how the caravan had gone in March,'" he said.
A week before the caravan started, Fuentes posted on his Facebook page a flier about the caravan that read, "We aren't going because we want to, violence and poverty is driving us out." It called people to meet at 8 a.m. on Oct. 12 at the San Pedro Sula bus terminal.
Many of the migrants watched the caravan grow in real time, surprised as the numbers surged.
Migrant caravans have traveled through Central America for several years, part human rights protest, part effort to guarantee safe passage for Central Americans traversing a dangerous route north.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/How-the-migrant-caravan-became-so-big-and-why-13331175.php
As the group continues to grow, the largest such caravan in recent years, its beginnings are being scrutinized: How did more than 5,000 migrants from across Central America find each other?
In September, there were posts on Honduran Facebook groups about the plans for the caravan.
"They contacted me; they said, 'We saw what you've written; we want you to tell us how the caravan had gone in March,'" he said.
A week before the caravan started, Fuentes posted on his Facebook page a flier about the caravan that read, "We aren't going because we want to, violence and poverty is driving us out." It called people to meet at 8 a.m. on Oct. 12 at the San Pedro Sula bus terminal.
Many of the migrants watched the caravan grow in real time, surprised as the numbers surged.
Migrant caravans have traveled through Central America for several years, part human rights protest, part effort to guarantee safe passage for Central Americans traversing a dangerous route north.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/How-the-migrant-caravan-became-so-big-and-why-13331175.php
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