Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that no migrant caravan was currently travelling through Mexico toward the U.S. border, after President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs unless Mexico stopped the groups. She said one caravan had dispersed, with most participants returning home, while another was only forming, Reuters reported.
Her account follows reporting of a caravan moving through southern Mexico earlier this week. Meganoticias reported Thursday that more than 1,500 people had left Tapachula on Tuesday and reached Huixtla, Chiapas, early Thursday. Participants said they intended to continue north and eventually reach the United States.
A caravan was reported moving through southern Mexico on Thursday, but its whereabouts Friday weren’t independently confirmed. It’s also unclear whether it was the group Sheinbaum said had dispersed.