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| US authorities fire teargas across border to repel Central Americans | |
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| US authorities fired teargas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 Central Americans who they claimed were trying to breach the border fence in Tijuana. | |
| 'I don't want to go back': what's next for the Central American migrant caravan? | 'I don't want to go back': what's next for the Central American migrant caravan? |
| An Associated Press photographer witnessed at least three volleys of gas launched onto the Mexican side of the border near Tijuana’s beach early Tuesday. The people affected by the gas included women and children, as well as members of the press. | An Associated Press photographer witnessed at least three volleys of gas launched onto the Mexican side of the border near Tijuana’s beach early Tuesday. The people affected by the gas included women and children, as well as members of the press. |
| Members of the group who spoke with AP said they arrived last month with a caravan which set out from Honduras. | Members of the group who spoke with AP said they arrived last month with a caravan which set out from Honduras. |
| US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement the gas was aimed at rock throwers on the Mexican side who it said prevented agents from helping children who were being passed over the concertina wire. The agency says 25 migrants were detained. | US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement the gas was aimed at rock throwers on the Mexican side who it said prevented agents from helping children who were being passed over the concertina wire. The agency says 25 migrants were detained. |
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