Caravan Migrants Tear Through Guatemala Border Gate!

Central American migrants traveling in a caravan broke through a Guatemalan border fence Friday, running into a wall of police in Mexico, whose government has promised the United States it will confront the caravan.

Mexican television footage showed hundreds of migrants breaking through Guatemalan border posts and streaming onto a bridge connecting Mexico and Guatemala. The migrants were met on the other side by a line of Mexican police in riot gear.

Witnesses say some of the migrants threw rocks and other objects at Mexican security forces, who used pepper spray to force the migrants to retreat.

The migrant caravan has angered U.S. President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Mexico City on Friday to discuss the issue with his counterpart. Pompeo met with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray, who vowed to meet the "challenge" of the caravan.

Pompeo told VOA Contributor Greta Van Susteren on Friday that Mexican officials want to create a situation where migrants "understand that it is not fruitful to transit though Mexico into the United States."