JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) – Thousands of Central American migrants in a caravan traveling through Mexico plan to rest at least a day or longer in the southern city of Juchitan, hoping to organize mass transport northward after days of hard walking in tropical temperatures that have left them about 900 miles from the nearest U.S. border crossing.

A second group, of 1,000 or so migrants who forced their way into Mexico on Monday, is trailing 250 miles back, stopping for the night in the city of Tapachula.

At a Tuesday evening assembly, participants in the bigger group named a committee to negotiate with Mexican authorities over arranging buses to take them to the Mexico’s capital.

There was no indication from officials whether the request to transport the perhaps 4,000 people would be granted.
 

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