Thousands of illegal immigrants in a caravan broke through a barricade of Mexican police dressed in anti-riot gear on Saturday, driven to action by what they say are impossible conditions in the overcrowded southern Mexican border city of Tapachula. Around 400 Mexican interior police attempted to form a blockade to stop a flood of over 2,000 illegal immigrants as they attempted to leave the city, which lies on Mexico’s border with Guatemala. The protesters easily broke through police lines and made their way north along a highway that leads to the nation’s capital. There were minor scuffles, as one family was knocked to the ground in the rush of people. Their small child suffered a slight head wound, according to a Reuters video. The city, which is in Mexico’s poorest state of Chiapas, is swollen with tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, and other countries, …
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