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Migrant caravan threat resurrected as US midterms near

A migrant caravan of some 600 people is making its way through southern Mexico bound for the U.S. border — and straight into the middle of the midterm campaign.

The group, calling itself “Fe y Esperanza,” left San Pedro Sula, Honduras on September 20 with about 300 people and has since doubled in size, drawing in migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Haiti who were already stranded in Tapachula, Chiapas. By Monday of this week, it had reached Huixtla, Chiapas, after walking through heavy rain, with families and children in tow.


Mexico’s population reaches 130.9 million

Mexico’s population reached 130,911,314 in 2025, according to data from the mid-decade Encuesta Intercensal, released this week by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). This represents an increase of nearly 4.9 million people, or 3.9 percent, since 2020.