Migrants reject Mexico offer, press on to U.S.
28 October 2018 |
7:00 am
A U.S.-bound caravan of Central American migrants pressed on through southern Mexico on Saturday, in spite of government offers of jobs, as authorities stepped up efforts to disperse the convoy that has angered U.S. President Donald Trump.
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