In August, National Guard troops in riot gear blocked several hundred Haitians, Cubans and Central Americans who set out walking on a highway from Tapachula. Police, immigration agents and National Guard have broken up smaller attempts at similar breakouts earlier this year. He said he hopes to make it to the northern city of Monterrey to find work, adding “We’ll go on, day by day, to get as far as we can.”
“There is no work there (in Tapachula), so out of necessity I joined this group.” “They told me I had to wait because the appointments were full,” said the construction worker.
José Antonio, a migrant from Honduras who did not want to give his last name because he fears it could affect his case, said he had been waiting in Tapachula for two months for an answer on his request for some sort of visa.