Honduran migrants enter Guatemala, police seeks to block them

Police in Guatemala have been seeking to block a caravan of hundreds of Honduran migrants that has crossed the border in an attempt to make it to the United States.

The group of some 1,600 migrants, who say they are fleeing violence and poverty in their country, crossed the border on Monday afternoon and headed toward the city of Esquipulas.

Over 100 Guatemalan police officers tried to stop the caravan at the border, but after a standoff of about two hours, they had to allow the migrants through until a more substantial roadblock was set up just before the Guatemalan city of Esquipulas.

But they eventually arrived in the city as night fell, while some local residents were organizing to help feed them.