Mexico logs sharp uptick in Venezuelan migrants amid latest surge


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  • Wednesday, 18 Oct 2023

FILE PHOTO: Cheila Gonzalez, 4-year-old, from Guatemala, who is traveling with her family, looks on as she and other migrants who in their attempt to reach the United States travel by train to Ciudad Juarez, are stranded near Villa Ahumada, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More migrants crossed into Mexico last month, led by a sharp increase from Venezuela but also significant numbers from Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico's top diplomat told lawmakers on Tuesday.

In testimony to Mexican senators, Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said that in the month of September alone, 60,000 Venezuelan migrants, 35,000 Guatemalan migrants and 27,000 Honduran migrants arrived in Mexico.

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