A man suspected of a 1987 bombing in Honduras is leading a group of migrants demanding entry into the U.S.
Alfonso Guerrero Ulloa, who is suspected of the bombing that wounded six American soldiers at a Chinese restaurant in Honduras, is leading a group of 100 migrants that are calling for the U.S. to either allow them entry or pay them each $50,000.
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“It may seem like a lot of money to you,” Ulloa told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “But it is a small sum compared to everything the United States has stolen from Honduras.”
Ulloa has lived in Mexico since fleeing Honduras in the aftermath of the 1987 bombing, where he became the top suspect. Even though Ulloa was a suspected terrorist, he received asylum for Mexico which, at the time, called him a “freedom fighter.”
The group of 100, a subsection of the thousands of migrants who traveled to the U.S. border as part of a caravan, made the demand Tuesday at a U.S. Consulate in Tijuana.
Most of those in the 6,000-person caravan claim they are owed entry into the U.S. because they are seeking asylum.
A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said that the “overwhelming majority of caravan members are not legitimate asylum seekers.”
“Secretary [Kirstjen] Nielsen has made clear that being a member of a caravan does not give them special rights for entry into this country and now it looks like some of these migrants understand that the Trump administration’s commitment to enforcing the rule of law, and their own likely lack of a legitimate claim of asylum, means they should return home,” Katie Waldman said in a statement.
Ulloa said receiving $50,000 for each migrant would allow them to return to their home countries and start a small business.
