Washington [US], November 13: United States President Donald Trump has warned Mexico that it must stop a group of migrants travelling through the country towards the US border or face a doubling of tariffs.
"Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico. Many of the people in these Caravans are those that various countries don't want," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. The president said that a "perceived loss" by his Republican Party in last week's midterm elections had emboldened the migrants, and that he was putting the incoming Democratic governor of the border state of Texas on notice about the issue.
Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections, with Democrats flipping multiple seats in both chambers of Congress.
More than a thousand migrants began marching on Tuesday through southern Mexico in a caravan, encouraged by last week's Democratic victory in the elections, as Mexican authorities blocked a second, smaller group from trying to reach the US.
The caravan, called "God With Us", was en route on Wednesday after setting off the day before from Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, according to the Reuters news agency.
The migrants, mostly from Central America, said they aim first to reach Mexico City, more than 1,000km away.
Source: Qatar Tribune