TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — About 2,000 Central American migrants who crossed a river from Guatemala into Mexico have voted in a show of hands to re-form their caravan and continue their march northward.
The migrants in question crossed the river without registering, unlike others who were processed by Mexican immigration officials at a border bridge.
Rodrigo Abeja is one of the caravan's leaders. He says that Sunday morning they will move on toward the city of Tapachula.
In his words, "We don't yet know if we will make it to the [U.S.] border, but we are going to keep going as far as we can."
The migrants gathered in a park on the Mexican side of the river are shouting "Let's all walk together!" and "Yes we can!"
Some of them are marching to the bridge to urge those still there to join them.