New migrant caravan leaves southern Mexico on foot to head for US border

Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate, Chiapas state (Edgar H. Clemente/AP)

Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries have left Mexico’s southern border on foot as they attempt to reach the US border.

Some of the group said they hoped to make it to the US border before elections are held in November because they fear that if Donald Trump wins, he will follow through on a promise to close the border to asylum-seekers.