MEXICO CITY—Tension intensified Monday at Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala as thousands of Central American migrants forded the shallow waters of the Suchiate River in an attempt to continue their march to the U.S.Mexican security forces used tear gas to break up a group of about 2,000 migrants, most of them Hondurans fleeing poverty and violence, who attempted to enter Mexico after being denied access on Saturday and earlier Monday.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 20, 2020 23:26 UTC