President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that at this moment there is no caravan heading toward the United States, after President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop the passage of Central American migrants.
"There really is no caravan that is at this moment in transit through our country to reach the northern border. I would not want to get into a debate with President Trump or with... they have their way of communicating, their way of informing the people of the United States, but we can clearly inform that there is no caravan at this moment in transit toward the northern border," she said.
During the press conference this Friday, November 13, the federal leader indicated that migrants crossing through Chiapas are being attended to and are being informed that they cannot enter U.S. territory due to that country's immigration measures.
"The caravan that is forming is being attended to the same way the other 23 caravans have been attended to, which have not even made it past Oaxaca toward the north; the majority stay in Chiapas, by giving them the information and the attention required to inform them that they will not be able to enter U.S. territory," she emphasized.
In that regard, Sheinbaum Pardo highlighted that, according to the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), 24 migrant caravans have been disbanded since the beginning of Donald Trump's administration.
"Thanks to the information that has been given to them, that there is no passage from the Mexican border into the United States, 24. Right now, yesterday I reported that there were two caravans; one caravan has already dissolved its passage, the majority have already returned to their countries of origin, and there is another caravan that is just now forming," she reported.
Yesterday, the head of the Executive Branch ruled out acts of repression against those who make up the migrant caravans and reaffirmed that institutions, such as the National Guard, have experience "not as an action of violent repression, but of accompaniment in order to inform."
She mentioned that there are two caravans: one in Arriaga, Chiapas, which had formed with around 500-600 people, and now fewer than 100 remain.
For his part, Donald Trump stated: "In the face of the apparent defeat of the Republicans in the midterm elections [I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT], the INVASION of our country is happening again. They will not be accepted! MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if it does not, tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED," Trump declared on his social network Truth Social.
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