Tuesday, January 1, 2019

US Fires Tear Gas at Migrants on Border Fence; Migrants Arrived from Honduras,US Detains 25

U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who were trying to breach the border fence in Tijuana, the Washington Times website reports today (January 1, 2019).

Migrants who spoke with the press said they arrived last month with the caravan from Honduras in Central America.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the tear gas was aimed at rock throwers on the Mexican side of the border.

It added that 25 migrants were detained.

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