(CNN) The Mexican border town of Piedras Negras was expecting the arrival of 2,000 Central American migrants on Monday, according to Guatemalan Consul Tekandi Paniagua in Del Rio, Texas. The city is on the Rio Grande river, across from Eagle Pass, Texas. Authorities gave the migrants access to 50 buses. Half of the fleet had arrived in the Mexican border city by Monday evening, Paniagua said. Piedras Negras authorities have been making arrangements for days in anticipation of the migrants.

Source: CNN February 05, 2019 04:41 UTC