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AQ Slideshow: Central American Migrants Protest in Mexico

By Nathaniel Parish Flannery

Migrants have long known that crossing the border to the U.S. is dangerous and difficult, but now they face new challenges south of the U.S. border, in Mexico.

On April 18, as the sun rose high into the sky, a group of several dozen Central American migrants marched along with the Viacrucis Migrante (Migrant Stations of the Cross) towards the Basílica de Guadalupe in Mexico City. The group, led by migrant outreach activist Padre Alejandro Solalinde, sought to draw attention to the problems faced by Central American migrants as they cross through Mexico. 

“Viva Guatemala, Viva Honduras, Viva El Salvador, Viva México!” the crowd following Solalinde chanted. In the...

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