First Migrant Caravan of 2025 Heads from Southern Mexico to U.S. Border



by Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby 2 Jan 2025

The first migrant caravan of 2025 began its journey from Southern Mexico, intending to reach the U.S. border prior to the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States.

Between 2,000 to 2,500 migrants started the first caravan of 20205 in the southern state of Chiapas. The goal of the group is to walk to Mexico City to find alternate routes to reach the U.S. border and claim asylum.

The caravan began early Thursday morning in the Bicentennial Park of Tapachula, Chiapas. Agents with Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) who spoke with Breitbart Texas revealed that the coordination for the caravan was carried out through social media messages and messaging applications, not posterboards and loudspeakers, as it had done in the past. The move was made to avoid any interference from authorities.



Migrants gather at Bicentennial Park as they prepare for a new caravan. (Credit: Breitbart Texas / Cartel Chronicles).

INM agents and members of Mexico’s National Guard were at the park but ultimately allowed the caravan to move northward. INM agents recorded the group as they walked past them while some local police officials helped direct traffic.



INM agents walk around Bicentennial Park in Chiapas as migrants gather for a new caravan. (Credit: Breitbart Texas/ Cartel Chronicles)

The caravan is the first of 2025 and the tenth since Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office in October. Members of the current caravan and the prior ones have expressed a sense of urgency to enter the United States before President-Elect Trump takes office.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/202...uthern-mexico/