DHS: Caravan migrants from 20 countries, include 270 convicted criminals

By Anna Giaritelli

Published November 2, 2018 4:05am ET

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DHS: Caravan migrants from 20 countries, include 270 convicted criminals — Migrants hitch a ride on the back of a truck as a thousands-strong caravan of Central Americans hoping to reach the U.S. border moves onward from Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Thousands of migrants resumed their slow trek through southern Mexico on Thursday, after attempts to obtain bus transport to Mexico City failed. | (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The Department of Homeland Security claimed Thursday people from at least 20 countries make up the two caravan groups, not just citizens of Guatemala and Honduras.

In a release called “Myth vs. Fact: Caravan,” the department also states more than 270 people in the caravans are either known gang members or have criminal backgrounds.

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