Mexico National Guard Uses Pepper Spray to Fend Off Immigrants
- 1,500 immigrants attempt to enter via border with Guatemala
- Mexico president says government to offer some immigrants jobs
Mexican National Guard members stands behind a closed fence to prevent Central American migrant from crossing into Mexico on Jan. 18.
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Mexico’s National Guard used pepper spray to fend off about 1,500 immigrants as they tried to enter the country through its southern border with Guatemala, Reforma reported.
Those who were able to cross were detained, the newspaper said. Earlier this week, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Mexico was monitoring a caravan of migrants and that his government would offer some of them jobs at the southern border.