A man from Honduras who trekked north as part of a migrant caravan was killed in his home country following deportation from Mexico.
Nelson Roberto Espinal Matamoros, a former migrant from Tegucigalpa, died after unknown gunmen approached him and fired several times, Proceso Digital reported. The murder took place in the northern part of the city as Espinal Matamoros walked along a street.
The news outlet spoke with the victim’s relatives, who revealed that Espinal Matamoros joined the caravan earlier this year and made his way into Mexico–only to be detained by authorities and subsequently deported. Relatives claimed in the Honduran news article that the victim was not a troublesome individual. The article does not mention information about the suspects.
Violence and poverty in Honduras are common topics in the ongoing discussion regarding the migrant caravan. Thousands of Central Americans are now camped in Tijuana to request asylum in California. The caravan has largely been stuck in the Mexican border city as migrants wait out lengthy immigration processes. Currently, Tijuana is considered to be one of Mexico’s most dangerous cities where a cartel turf war pushed the local homicide count to more than 4,100 in the last two years.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and Stephen K. Bannon. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.