MEXICO. San Pedro Tapanatepec, Oaxaca. 28 October, 2018.
Hundreds of Central American migrants cool down, bathe, and clean their clothes in the river Novillero in the town of San Pedro Tapanatepec, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The caravan of migrants stayed in San Pedro for two nights before resuming their way north toward the US border.
On October 3, a so-called "Migrant Caravan" of about 1,500 Hondurans left the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Fleeing from the violence, lack of opportunities and political repression in their country, they are on their way to the southern U.S. border with the hope of seeking asylum in the United States. On October 19, the caravan reached the border between Guatemala and Mexico. After tension and harassment they finally entered the Mexican territory. By then the caravan included other Central American migrants and had grown to more than 7,000 people according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It is now making its way through the state of Oaxaca where they have been sleeping on the streets and other improvised shelters provided by the local governments inside the different towns they have reached. The journey continues as they head toward their final destination, the USA/Mexican border.