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Hundreds of Hondurans hoping to reach the United States bedded down for the night in the Guatemalan town of Esquipulas after that country’s authorities blinked first in attempts to halt their advance. U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, threatened on Tuesday to cut aid to Honduras if it doesn’t stop the impromptu caravan of migrants.
The group estimated at 1,600 to 2,000 people fleeing poverty and violence in Honduras marched into Guatemala in sweltering heat Monday, twice pushing past outnumbered police sent to stop them — first at the border and then at a roadblock just outside Esquipulas.
Honduran migrants receive free bread from residents of Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, as they make their way to the U.S. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Honduran migrants walk past a roadblock of Guatemalan police as they make their way to the U.S., in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Police stopped the migrants for several hours but the travelers refused to return to the border and were eventually allowed to pass. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Hundreds of Hondurans are blocked at the border crossing in Agua Caliente, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. A caravan of Honduran migrant moved towards the country's border with Guatemala in a desperate attempt to flee poverty and seek new lives in the United States. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Honduran migrant and child arrives to Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, as they make their way to the U.S. with a caravan of other migrants. The Guatemalan police blocked the road of the caravan for several hours before allowing the migrants to continue on their way. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Honduran migrant holds up a replica of the Black Christ of Esquipulas as a caravan of migrants making their way to the U.S. arrives to Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
An elderly Honduran migrant woman talks with Guatemalan police who temporarily block the road to keep her and her caravan from advancing, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Police stopped the migrants for several hours but the travelers refused to return to the border and were eventually allowed to pass. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Honduran migrants making their way to the U.S. are blocked by Guatemalan police after crossing the Honduran border without incident, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Guatemalan police temporarily block the road where Honduran migrants hold up their national flag after their group crossed the Honduras-Guatemala border without incident, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Honduran migrants holds up their national ID cards as Guatemalan police block them and their caravan after the group crossed the Honduras-Guatemala border without incident, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Honduran migrant mother and child rest where Guatemalan police block the road after their caravan crossed the Honduras-Guatemala border without incident, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Castillo)
A Honduran migrant holds up a replica of the Black Christ of Esquipulas as Guatemalan police temporarily block the road after the caravan crossed the Honduras-Guatemala border without incident, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Guatemalan police stand in the road to block Honduran migrants making their way to the U.S., in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Honduran migrant Edwin Antonio Garcia Cruz holds up his passport and the woman behind him holds up her national ID as Guatemalan police block them and their caravan after the group crossed the Honduras-Guatemala border without incident, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A young Honduran migrant stands with a woman as they travel with a caravan of migrants moving toward the country's border with Guatemala, in Ocotepeque, Honduras, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Hundreds of Hondurans are blocked at the border crossing in Agua Caliente, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A faint Honduran migrant woman is helped as Guatemalan police temporarily block the road after her caravan crossed the Honduras-Guatemala border without incident, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. Police stopped the migrants for several hours but the travelers refused to return to the border and were eventually allowed to pass. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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