Hundreds more join Mexico migrant caravan headed for US, organizer says

Hundreds more people have joined a caravan of thousands of migrants in Mexico bound for the United States, one of the organizers said on Tuesday, as the group traveled through the southern state of Chiapas.
Organizer Irineo Mujica said the caravan had swelled since Monday by about 1,000 to more than 7,000 people, although a spokesperson for the Chiapas government said state authorities still estimated its size at around 3,500 participants.
On Tuesday the caravan was resting in the municipality of Huehuetan, about 25 km from Tapachula, a city near the Guatemalan border from which the migrants set off.
Mujica said, on Wednesday, the caravan will aim to reach the town of Huixtla, about 13 miles to the north.
U.S. President Joe Biden, who is seeking reelection next year, is under pressure to bring down the number of people crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico.
According to Mujica, most of the latest caravan are from Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Venezuela.