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Mexico: Nearly 3,000 migrants have abandoned caravan, won’t go on to US

By Anna Giaritelli
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Mexico: Nearly 3,000 migrants have abandoned caravan, won’t go on to US

Nearly 3,000 migrants who had been a part of caravans moving from Central America to the United States’ southern border have abandoned the group to either stay in Mexico or return to their home countries in Central America, according to Mexican government officials.

Mexico’s Interior and Foreign Ministries reported, as of Thursday, 2,934 people originally traveling to the U.S. have stopped and applied for asylum in Mexico.

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