La primera caravana migrante del año parte de la frontera sur de México

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00:00From the Bicentenario Park in Tapachula, the first migrant caravan of the year came out

00:07this morning with about 1,500 members.

00:10The migrants seek to challenge the restrictions of the Mexican government to reach the United

00:14States before the investiture of Donald Trump on January 20.

00:18One of them is the Venezuelan Cesar Eduardo Milano.

00:21I took the option of going in a group, may God take care of us and keep us, because I

00:25think it is the only way one can survive.

00:27From this place, the director of the Center for Human Dignity, Luis Rey, asked for humanitarian

00:32policies to be established in favor of migrants.

00:35There has to be an agreement between the Mexican government and the United States government

00:41to establish humanitarian policies in favor of all these people, because we are not criminals,

00:49the only thing we are asking for is an opportunity for life.

00:53The caravans cause renewed controversy since November, when the president of the country,

00:58Claudia Sheinbaum, assured in a call with Trump that these groups no longer reach the

01:02border with the United States, while he has promised tariffs of 25% to Mexican products

01:08if he does not stop what he called an invasion of migrants and drugs.

01:11The Mexican government has promised actions so that migrants do not leave the south of

01:15Mexico, but they are skeptical.

01:18I have not spoken with any immigration agent, I do not want to speak either, because they

01:21offer us things that do not comply.

01:23Meanwhile, agents from the National Migration Institute tried to prevent the exit of migrants

01:28in Tapachula, but they were not convinced to take them to Tuxla.