SAN DIEGO | Migrants won’t see armed US soldiers on border

SAN DIEGO — As thousands of migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what they won’t find are armed American soldiers standing guard.

Instead they will see cranes installing towering panels of metal bars and troops wrapping concertina wire around barriers while military helicopters fly overhead, carrying border patrol agents to and…

MEXICO CITY | Migrant caravan heads north after departing Mexico City

MEXICO CITY— Thousands of Central American migrants set up tents and strung tarps at a stadium in the central Mexican city of Queretaro, where they arrived Saturday afternoon after departing the country’s capital at dawn on their long trek to the U.S. border.

Their day began with dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisking them to the outskirts of the capital. At the end of the metro line,…

CORDOBA, Mexico | Migrant caravan pushes on toward Mexico’s capital

CORDOBA, Mexico — A big group of Central Americans pushed on toward Mexico City from a coastal state Monday, planning to exit a part of the country that has long been treacherous for migrants seeking to get to the United States.

In a thundering voice vote Sunday night at a gymnasium in Cordoba, about 1,000 members of a migrant caravan that has been moving northward through Mexico voted to try to…

ISLA, Mexico  | Tired and angry, migrant caravan splinters in Mexican state

ISLA, Mexico  — A 4,000-strong caravan of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico split up into several groups with one spending the night in a town in the coastal state of Veracruz and other migrants continuing toward the country’s capital.

The divisions came during a tense day in which tempers flared and some migrants argued with caravan organizers and criticized Mexican officials.…

SAYULA, Mexico | Migrants’ brief hopes of buses to Mexico’s capital dashed

SAYULA, Mexico— Thousands of Central American migrants traveling in a caravan through southern Mexico had their brief hopes of reaching the country’s capital on Saturday dashed after the governor of Veracruz state pulled an offer of dozens of buses to take them there.

Gov. Miguel Angel Yunes announced Friday evening that authorities in Veracruz would be providing not only humanitarian assistance…

DONAJI, Mexico | Migrants’ hopes dashed in Mexico when bus offer reversed

DONAJI, Mexico — After three grueling weeks walking along highways and hitching rides, thousands of Central American migrants traveling in a caravan through southern Mexico were told Friday that they would soon be leapfrogging ahead to the nation’s capital in buses only to have their hopes dashed almost immediately when the offer was pulled.

As the caravan crossed into the Gulf coast state of…

JUCHITAN, Mexico | Correction: Migrant Caravan story

JUCHITAN, Mexico — Thousands of weary Central Americans in a migrant caravan aiming to reach the United States had their visions of quick transport hundreds of miles ahead to Mexico City dashed Wednesday as dozens of hoped-for buses failed to materialize.

The migrants took the day off from walking and hitching rides in packed trucks from small town to small town as representatives tried to…

Freight Train Hopping Across Canada

A TRAIN surfer took an epic tour of Canada by sneaking on to freight trains and hitching free rides. The adventurer’s trip took him five days to complete as he stole away on the locomotives – travelling more than 3,000 miles. Known by his alias McVast, the 25-year-old has been partaking in the practice of train hopping since he was a teenager, and routinely takes in views of his native Canada…