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IRAPUATO, Mexico  | Migrant caravan moves on to central Mexico city of Irapuato

IRAPUATO, Mexico  — Local Mexican officials again helped thousands of Central American migrants find rides Sunday on the latest leg of their journey toward the U.S. border.

At a toll plaza to the west of the central Mexico city of Queretaro, where the group spent Saturday night, police prevented migrants from waylaying trucks on their own, but officers did help them find vehicles for rides.

The…

ISLA, Mexico | Main contingent of migrants pushes through Mexico

ISLA, Mexico — Thousands of wary Central American migrants resumed their push through Mexico on Sunday, a day after arguments over the path ahead saw some travelers splinter away from the main caravan, which is entering a treacherous part of its journey.

The majority of the roughly 4,000 migrants are now headed along what some called the “route of death” toward the town of Cordoba, Veracruz,…

DONAJI, Mexico | Migrants in southern Mexico set sights on town near Gulf

DONAJI, Mexico — The main caravan of Central American migrants spent a rain-drenched night outside before continuing their slow walk through southern Mexico, on a path that is taking them toward the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. border.

It remains unclear whether the caravan — the first of several that have sprung up — would make a turn east to Mexico City, or try to reach the nearest and most…

JUCHITAN, Mexico  | Mexican agents nibble at edges of migrant caravans

JUCHITAN, Mexico  — Thousands of Central American migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, as immigration agents and police nibbled at the edges of the two caravans currently in the country.

Mexican authorities haven’t directly targeted the main caravan of about 4,000 migrants, and activists aiding that group said they were shifting their route toward the Gulf coast,…