Another migrant caravan began this week in Southern Mexico, confirming a prior report from Breitbart Texas about the caravan forming with over 2000 individuals. The group wants to reach the U.S.-Mexico border before the January 20 start of the Trump administration. Mexican immigration officials did not try to stop the caravan but stood by and photographed it.

Caravan migrants begin their journey. (Credit Breitbart Texas / Cartel Chronicles).

The caravan began on Friday at midnight in Tapachula, Chiapas, where the group started their march to the north. As the group gathered and began walking through the streets of Tapachula, agents with Mexico’s National Migration Institute told them to disband.

Mexican authorities tried talking to caravan migrants. (Credit: Breitbart Texas / Cartel Chronicles)

However, after their refusal, the agents began to photograph and record the migrants there. The agents did not try to stop the caravan physically. Some of the migrants who spoke with Breitbart Texas claimed that the videotaping felt like an intimidation tactic.

Mexican authorities photograph the new migrant caravan. (Credit: Breitbart Texas / Cartel Chronicles).

As Breitbart Texas had originally reported, caravan organizers tried to hide their moves in preparing for the caravan by using only messaging apps instead of posterboards and loudspeakers. Migrants told Breitbart Texas that they did not trust agents from Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM)  over their prior efforts in disbanding previous caravans.

Caravan migrants walk the streets of Tapachula. (Credit: Breitbart Texas / Cartel Chronicles)

The migrants claimed that Mexican authorities had lured other migrants with promises of aid, travel permits, and help with their asylum claims, only to dump them in different Mexican cities without any assistance. The effort to stop the prior caravans came after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to threats of hefty tariffs from U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump. It remains unclear if INM and other agencies will try to disband the newest caravan.

Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com. 

Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.