Heat, exhaustion, illness: 1 day with the migrant caravan [apnews.com]

Alicia Doktor 11/5/1812:00 PM

PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico (AP) — On the 15th day of their journey, Joel Eduardo Espinar and his family were hurting. And they still had a country to traverse before they got to the United States.

A little more than two weeks before, they had fled Honduras and joined the migrant caravan of Central Americans snaking toward the border. Now, they assembled in the 3 a.m. darkness by a southern Mexico highway.

Jason, 11 years old, complained of stomach pains as he lay on the highway’s shoulder. His 12-year-old sister Tifany Diana sat beside him, her head between her knees. The baby, Eduardo, was in his stroller, burning with fever, his eyes watery and his nose running. Espinar’s wife, Yamilet Hernandez, could not shake a nagging cough and sore throat.

[For more on this story by JULIE WATSON, go to https://www.apnews.com/14b55fb...43b58a82b28cb30f8eb8]

For another story on a similar topic see, A Caravan of Resilience.

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