Caravan of Hondurans who left on October 14 fom San Pedro Sula. Image: www.laprensa.hn All rights reserved.
They’re gathering in the early morning hours of Friday 12 October 2018 outside the city. At least a hundred, nursing mothers and motherless teens, a man on crutches and another pushed by his brother in a wheelchair. Someone holds up a sign that reads, “We are not leaving because we want to. We’re fleeing violence, poverty, unemployment (No nos vamos porque nos guste. Huimos la violencia, pobreza, desempleo)”. It’s daybreak in Honduras and a new caravan has formed, about half a year after an earlier group successfully reached the U.S. border, and it’s moving north.
By the time they get to San Pedro Sula, recently named the most violent city on earth, their numbers have grown to almost five hundred. Handwritten notes taped to the walls of the main bus station organize them into groups by their cities of origin. Choloma Cortés. El Progreso. La Ceiba.
