Approximately 280 migrants who traveled as part of caravans from Central America have been arrested by police in Mexico’s northern border city of Tijuana in recent weeks, according to an elected official in the city.

Genaro Lopez Moreno, a municipal delegate for downtown Tijuana, on Thursday said the arrests are in connection with drug possession, public drunkenness, and now “breaking and entering” into homes.

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