Caravan of over 10,000 migrants leaving southern Mexico for U.S.

MEXICO CITY, June 6 (Xinhua) -- A new caravan with more than 10,000 migrants left southern Mexico on Monday with the aim of reaching the U.S. border, organizers and local media reported.

The largest contingent so far this year, made up of Central American, South American and Caribbean migrants, departed from the city of Tapachula in the Mexican state of Chiapas on the border with Guatemala.