Thread: Migrants clash with Mexican police at border. Rocks vs pepper spray

The Latest: Migrants clash with Mexican police at border

• By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — Oct 19, 2018, 3:00 PM ET

The Associated Press

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."

https://abcnews.go.com/International...itory-58610514

Migrant caravan heading for US clashes with police in Mexico
https://nypost.com/2018/10/.../migra...round-in-mexic...
4 hours ago - The caravan of migrants rushed toward a border bridge in Mexico just after ... pushing their way through as police unleashed pepper spray...

Sounds like an invading army to me.

Originally Posted by Newmexican

Sounds like an invading army to me.

It's an invading illegal drug army.