3,000 Honduran migrants cross Guatemala's border on their way to the United States

At least 3,000 Honduran migrants forming a

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" crossed the border from Guatemala on Thursday, in the hope of reaching the United States, despite the risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic, AFP journalists noted.

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These migrants had left on the night of Wednesday to Thursday San Pedro Sula, second city of Honduras, located 180 km north of Tegucigalpa, in order to join the United States to flee poverty and violence in this country of Central America.