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Monday 12 noveMber 2018

Migrant caravan heads to

central Mexican city of Irapuato

The government of Que- exited Mexico City. Dedi- term elections and U.S.
retaro said via Twitter that cated metro trains moved President Donald Trump has
6,531 migrants had moved migrants across the capi- ordered the deployment of
through the state between tal before dawn and at a over 5,000 military troops to
Friday and Saturday. It said toll plaza north of the city the border to fend off the
that 5,771 of those were they formed orderly lines to migrants. Trump has also in-
departing Sunday morn- wait for their turn to climb sinuated without proof that
ing after staying in three aboard passing 18-wheel- there are criminals or even
shelters it had prepared, ers that were willing to help terrorists in the group.
the largest of which was a them cover the 124 miles Many migrants say they are
Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach soccer stadium in the state (200 kilometers) to Quere- fleeing rampant poverty,
the U.S. border, get a ride on a truck, in Celaya, Mexico, Sunday, capital. taro. gang violence and politi-
Nov. 11, 2018.
Associated Press Those numbers appeared Emilson Manuel Figueroa cal instability primarily in the
By MARCO UGARTE and border. even higher than counts managed a seat on the Central American countries
YESICA FISCH At a toll plaza to the west made by officials when back of a flatbed truck of Honduras, Guatemala,
Associated Press of the central Mexico city the group was in Mexico packed with other mi- El Salvador and Nicaragua,
QUERETARO, Mexico (AP) of Queretaro, where the City for several days, raising grants. and they have now been
— Local Mexican officials group spent Saturday the possibility that other mi- “I think that in my country on the road for weeks.
were once again Sunday night, police helped find grants have caught up to I will get old and will never Mexico has offered refuge,
helping thousands of Cen- trucks to take migrants and the main caravan. have something to live on,” asylum or work visas to the
tral American migrants find prevented them from try- The migrants began walk- said the 23-year-old cab migrants, and its govern-
rides on the next leg of their ing to stop drivers them- ing before dawn Sunday driver from Honduras. ment said 2,697 temporary
journey toward the U.S. selves. for Irapuato about 62 miles The migrants appear to be visas had been issued to
(100 kilometers) to the west on a path to Tijuana across individuals and families to
after crossing into Gua- the border from San Diego, cover them while they wait
najuato state, where local which is still some 1,600 for the 45-day application
authorities also assisted miles (2,575 kilometers) process for a more perma-
them. away. nent status.
A day earlier a similar scene The caravan became a But most vowed to contin-
played out as the caravan campaign issue in U.S. mid- ue to the United States.q

Mudslide near Rio de

Janeiro kills 10, injures 11

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ten
people were killed and 11
injured in a mudslide near
Rio de Janeiro on Saturday,
Brazilian authorities said.
Roberto Robadey, Rio’s
civil defense department
head, told the Globo TV
network that the mudslide
in the city of Niteroi was
caused by heavy down-
pours.
He said people were killed
and injured when a large
boulder rolled on top of six
houses in the Boa Esperan- Residents, volunteers and firefighters work over the debris after
ca neighborhood. a mudslide in Boa Esperanca or “Good Hope” shantytown in
“It rained a lot over the Niteroi, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018.
past two days and a state Associated Press
of alert was declared for were advised of the situ- mended to move to safer
Niteroi,” he said. “People ation and were recom- locations.”q