Around 8,000 Honduran migrants have now reached Guatemala and are heading towards the Mexico border hoping to reach the United States of America as they flee violence and an economy shattered by hurricanes.

Over 8,000 Honduran migrants move towards Mexico border to reach US

US-bound migrant caravan in Guatemala swells to over 8,000 people

Guatemala cracks down on migrant caravan bound for US

Guatemala sends back 3,500 Honduran migrants headed to US

Immigration officials and National Guard officers on January 20 rounded up dozens of migrants who crossed the border from Guatemala to Mexico, in a new challenge for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's efforts to contain migration at the bidding of the United States. The mostly Honduran migrants appeared to grow impatient on the bridge over the Suchiate River that connects the two countries after some were denied permission to cross by assembled Mexican migration officials.

Migrants scuffle with Mexican troops while trying to cross river into Mexico

Part of new US-bound migrant caravan crosses into Guatemala