A Honduran child faints as she tries to cross to Mexico in the border city of Tecun Uman on October 19
Hondurans help a fellow migrant who appears to have collapsed as they reach the border crossing point with Mexico
Hondurans are seen waiting for fellow migrants to jump from the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge into the Suchiate river, to swim or board a raft to reach Mexico
A woman hands a young girl to a young man as they arrive at the border with Mexico on October 19
Honduran migrants hold up a child in a stroller while gathering at the Guatemalan border to cross into Mexico
The map above shows the journey the caravan is taking from Honduras through Guatemala and up through Mexico towards the U.S.
They plan to allow women and children into the country first.
The decision flies in the face of President Trump’s plea to Mexican officials on Thursday to put an end to the caravan’s progress.
Though the State Department and Mexican officials have agreed on a plan to shelter any of the migrants who make asylum claims in shelters, their decision to let them carry on north on Friday sends them marching on towards the US.
Videos showed the thousands of migrants celebrating on the bridge once they had managed to get over the crossing.
A Honduran woman interviewed at the Guatemala/Mexico border by Noticias, who did not give her name, said: ‘We are going to the United States. We know God is going to help us because we can’t live in Honduras, our country. Every month the president is raising electricity costs. We can’t live. We can’t live with him.
‘We are suffering a lot (on this trip). Sleeping on the ground but it’s worth it for my children as they can see that my country is not worth anything. That president we have is worthless.
‘Can I send a message to Trump? Mr. Trump, I ask you to take Juan Orlando [Hernandez] out of my country. You have him there. Look how my country is turning out. The young people in my country, Honduras’ youth, look at how they’re suffering, kids in coffins, kids along the way have died, and pregnant women have died on us because of this delinquent man that we have in the country. … Trump has him in there. Take him out, mister. Take him out of the country. We don’t want him. It’s a president he [Trump] placed, we didn’t place him.’
A Honduran woman interviewed at the Guatemala/Mexico border by Noticias, who did not give her name, said: ‘We are going to the United States. We know God is going to help us because we can’t live in Honduras, our country. Every month the president is raising electricity costs. We can’t live. We can’t live with him’
A woman has her face and hair washed after being sprayed with tear gas at the Mexican border on Friday
A woman tries to wash out her mouth as another of the migrants douses her in water. The group was met with large resistance at the Mexican border after overpowering Guatemalan officials with considerably less violence
A Mexican police officer was among those injured by the gas as his comrades sprayed it into the crowds on Friday