Migrants clash with Mexican police at border. Rocks vs pepper spray
The Latest: Migrants clash with Mexican police at border
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — Oct 19, 2018, 3:00 PM ET
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Hundreds of Honduran migrants stand at the shore of the Suchiate river on the border between Guatemala and Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Mexico's foreign ministry says government officials at its southern border with Guatemala have started assisting the early arrivals from a caravan of some 3,000 Honduran migrants that has drawn sharp criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo)more + Email
The Latest on a caravan of Central American migrants hoping to reach the United States (all times local):
12:55 p.m.
Central American migrants in a mass caravan have clashed with Mexican riot police guarding a border post on the country's southern frontier.
About 50 migrants managed to push their way through.
The rest retreated after officers unleashed pepper spray.
Some in the caravan threw rocks.
After police held off the migrants, they closed the border gates again.
A federal police officer used a loudspeaker to address the masses, saying: "We need you to stop the aggression."
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