Migrants force through fence as they try to cross border into Mexico

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Honduran migrant hold his national flag, climbs the border fenceA Honduran migrant hold his national flag, climbs the border fence in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Migrants broke down the gates at the border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico and began streaming toward a bridge into Mexico. The road sign reads in Spanish “Welcome to Mexico.” (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A 3,000-strong US-bound migrant caravan broke border fences and pushed through migration check-points by the Guatemala-Mexico border on Friday.

Arriving at a closed metal gate some members of the caravan started jumping the fence, until a wave of people brought down the gate and walked through, despite two military jeeps parked nearby.

Guatemalan police in riot gear looked on silently.

The caravan is now believed to be in no-man’s land between Guatemala and Mexico.