Guatemalan forces clash with major U.S. bound migrant caravan

Guatemala tries to stop the migrant caravan using violence against poor people. Many lost everything in the hurricanes . This is the first wall they will encounter in their journey to the US.

Between 7,000 and 8,000 migrants have entered Guatemala since Friday, according to Guatemala's immigration authority, fleeing poverty and violence in a region hammered by the coronavirus pandemic and back-to-back hurricanes in November.

However, around 3,000 Guatemalan security officials mustered in the village of Vado Hondo in eastern Guatemala to hold up the caravan, leading to the clashes on Sunday morning.