American military equipment has already begun arriving at the southern border ahead of an imminent troop deployment to block the migrant caravan, while in Mexico tensions have broken out with migrants attacking a local man who was distributing food
Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Sunday military has already begun delivering jersey barriers to the southern border in conjunction with plans to deploy active duty troops
Mattis told reporters traveling with him in Prague that details of the deployment are still being worked out but should be available by Sunday night
They will include exactly how many forces are needed.The additional troops will provide logistical and other support to the Border Patrol, and will bolster the efforts of the approximately 2,000 National Guard forces already there
The new forces are expected to provide logistical assistance such as air support and equipment, including vehicles and tents
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The caravan, which has had as many as 7,200 migrants but has dwindled to roughly 4,000, took a day of rest in Tapanatepec on Sunday but vowed to press on to the U
S. border, now at least 900 miles away.Their arrival at the tiny municipality came as they crossed from into Oaxaca from Chiapas state, now about 190 miles from the bridge where the caravan crossed into Mexico from Guatemala
Some rested in the shade of tarps strung across the town plaza, or picked up trash
Others went to soak themselves in the nearby Novillero river.The tensions of a long trek through searing heat with tenuous supplies of food and other goods spilled over Saturday night when a dispute over a food line evolved into the beating of a man falsely accused of child stealing
The violence occurred while the town was distributing sandwiches and water to migrants camped in the central square Saturday night, said Raul Medina Melendez, security chief for Tapanatepec
When a man with a megaphone asked people to wait their turn, some men hurled insults at him
'Finally people got really angry and those below began to attack the guy,' Medina said
As the man ran, a false rumor spread that he had grabbed a child for protection and he was caught and beaten
Police rescued him and took him to a hospital for treatment, though his condition wasn't immediately clear
On Sunday, several in the caravan took to microphones to denounce the attack.'Is that the way we're going to always behave?' a woman from Honduras asked
'Anytime there's a rumor everyone is going to run to beat up someone?'Others complained of a few smoking marijuana or complained that images of litter and uneaten food made them appear disrespectful
On Saturday, more than a hundred federal police dressed in riot gear blocked a rural highway in southern Mexico shortly before dawn to encourage the migrants to apply for refugee status in Mexico rather than continuing the long, arduous journey north
Police let the caravan proceed after representatives from Mexico's National Human Rights Commission convinced them that a rural stretch of highway without shade, toilets or water was no place for migrants to entertain an offer of asylum
Many members of the caravan have been travelling for more than two weeks, since a group first formed in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Not long after the caravan resumed the trek north Saturday, government officials were seen for the first time directly helping the migrants by giving rides in trucks and providing water along the scorching highway
Grupo Beta, Mexico's migrant protection agency, gave rides to stragglers and passed out water
'There are people fainting, there are wounded,' said Martin Rojas, an agent of Grupo Beta
Rojas dropped off a group of women and children in Tapanatepec after spotting them on a highway trudging through temperatures approaching 104 degrees Fahrenheit
Other agencies, however, have periodically tried to impede or erode the mass migration, whose progress has led Trump to threaten action against Mexico
The caravan still must travel about 900 miles to reach the nearest U.S. border crossing at McAllen, Texas
The trip could be twice as long if the 4,000 or so migrants head for the Tijuana-San Diego frontier, as another caravan did earlier this year
Only about 200 in that group made it to the border.Most of the migrants in the caravan appeared determined to reach the U
S., despite an offer of refuge in Mexico. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto launched a program on Friday dubbed 'You are home,' which promises shelter, medical attention, schooling and jobs to Central Americans who agree to stay in the southern Mexico states of Chiapas or Oaxaca, far from the U
S. border.Mexico's Interior Ministry said that temporary identity numbers have been issued to 111 migrants, which would allow the migrants to stay and work in Mexico
The majority rejected the offer, however. 'We're going to the United States. Because that's our dream,' said 28-year-old Honduran Daniel Leonel Esteves at the head of a 50-person wide column of migrants snaking down a highway into the hills
Honduras said 4,500 of its citizens attempting to emigrate have returned to the country in recent days
Meanwhile, additional caravans are moving north through Central America.A second caravan arrived on Sunday at the Guatemalan side of the border with Mexico, where they faced off with a phalanx of Guatemalan police in a standoff at the border crossing
Photos of the group showed hundreds, if not thousands, of migrants. In San Salvador, a third group of more than 300 Salvadorans left on Sunday came together after thousands of Hondurans in mid-October left their country in a large group, becoming an international news story and a key issue in the U
S. congressional elections.A second group of Hondurans was moving through Guatemala last week, and at one point numbered more than 1,000 people before beginning to fragment
Trump and his fellow Republicans have sought to make immigration a major issue before the Nov
6 elections, in which the party is battling to keep control of Congress.The Salvadoran migrants organized using social networks like Facebook and WhatsApp over the last couple of weeks, inspired by the group of mostly Hondurans currently crossing Mexico
Salvadoran police traveled with the group on Sunday as they left San Salvador, the migrants carrying backpacks and water bottles and protecting themselves from the hot sun with hats
Some mothers pushed their children in strollers.Several migrants, gathered by the capital's 'Savior of the World' statue before leaving, said they were headed to the United States
"We're asking the all-powerful to look after us, to guide us, to free us from all that is bad," shouted Hernan Quinteros, 49, a driver who urged his fellow travelers to tie up their shoes ahead of the long trip
El Salvador's left-wing government said it had solidarity with the migrants and respected their right to mobilize, but urged them not to risk their lives on the way
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