Throughout the 25-year span since the death of Pablo Escobar, chief of the Medellín, Colombia drug cartel, not much has changed in the United States’ War on Drugs except the “stage” of this narco-trafficking, which extends now into Mexico among additional nations.

News covering the caravans of migrants moving north from various countries of Central and South America have riddled nearly every news source.

Local governments throughout Mexico are helping the caravan of migrants on their journey from Central America to the United States.

— Researched and Written by Rachel Rosenberg— On October 13, 2018, a caravan of migrants departed from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, bound for the Southern border. Days later a second formed, and a third followed. These migrant caravans are conglomerates of refugees fleeing endemic violence and poverty in the Northern Triangle region (Guatemala, Honduras, and

At a meeting of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), delegations from Canada and the United States warned that violence and repression by the Ortega Regime in Nicaragua could provoke a migrant crisis similar to Venezuela—where more than 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled their country because of a food crisis and political persecution.

The caravan of migrants that started in Honduras and is currently going through Mexico elicited threats from president Trump and incited humanitarian and law enforcement efforts by Mexico and several Central American nations.

While the caravan of thousands of Northern Triangle migrants approaches to the U.S. border, the invisible caravans of Guatemalans that trek towards the U.S. daily go largely unreported.

Despite the threats from United States President Donald Trump, the migrant caravan of about 685 Salvadorans is moving forward, looking to find a better life in the United States.

The migrant caravan from Honduras that hopes to reach the United States has gained international attention and is currently stationed in Mexico.

President Donald Trump threatened to cut off economic assistance to Central America if they do not stop the caravan of over 7,000 migrants making its way to the U.S. border.