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3,000 migrants begin walk north from southern Mexico

Around 3,000 migrants have begun what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 people.

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Migrants who are taking part in a caravan rest on the outskirts of Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23. Migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 migrants.
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Migrants who are taking part in a caravan rest on the outskirts of Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23. Migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 migrants.
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Migrants who are taking part in a caravan rest on the outskirts of Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23. Migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession through southern Mexico to demand the end of detention centers like the one that caught fire last month, killing 40 migrants.
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Migrants start walking north on their way to Mexico City from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23.
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A migrant holds a cross with text that reads in Spanish "State crime. Dead." as he and others start walking north from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23. Migrants in southern Mexico, angry about 40 of their own who died in a fire at a detention facility last month, began walking toward Mexico City.
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Migrants start walking north from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Sunday, April 23. Migrants stuck in southern Mexico and angry about 40 of their own who died in a fire at a detention facility last month, began walking toward Mexico City.
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Migrants start walking north from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Sunday, April 23. Migrants, stuck in southern Mexico and angry about 40 of their own who died in a fire in a detention facility last month, began walking towards Mexico City.

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