Guatemala sends over 3,000 Honduran migrants home from caravan

Honduran migrants trying to reach the U.S. run away after hurling stones to Guatemalan soldiers blocking a road to stop migrants from reach the Mexico's border, in San Pedro Cadenas, Izabal, Guatemala October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan authorities sent more than 3,000 Honduran migrants back to their home country over the past few days, they said on Saturday, dissolving much of a caravan heading north even while dwindling groups continued the trek toward the United States.

Thousands of caravan members had crossed into Guatemala from Honduras without authorization last Thursday, pushing past troops at the border as they sought to escape poverty exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.