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>Trump's tariff threat appears to be working as heavily-armed Mexican police and Marines confront the caravan of migrants from Central America
>Mexico dispatched a special unit of 200 agents to intercept 1,000 migrants headed for the United States
>The caravan of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, departed from Ciudad Hidalgo at the Mexico border on >Wednesday morning and walked along a highway toward Tapachula escorted by police
>They were met some 11 miles short of their destination by the special unit forming a blockade on the road
>The vast majority of the migrants complied with officials' orders and boarded immigration agency vehicles
>Others resisted and were wrested to the ground by unarmed officers or fled to the thick forest nearby
>Parents sat on the pavement holding their children as the wept and begged authorities not to take them
>The confrontation took place as temperatures in the region reached 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celcius)
>Several migrants fainted or collapsed from the heat and at least one man received medical attention
>An immigration official at the site who was not authorized to speak publicly said the 600 to 800 migrants would initially be taken to an immigration detention center in Tapachula
>Mexico latest response came on the eve of an afternoon meeting with White House officials as President Trumps threatened to impose tariffs if the Mexican government does stop illegal migration

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7108057/About-1-000-migrants-cross-Mexico-start-walking-US.html