Central American Migrants Hope to Re-Start Protest Convoy in Mexico The Associated Press
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Each Holly Week, Central American migrants, along with Mexican human rights activists, make religious and protest activities during the "Viacrucis del migrante". (Iván Castaneira)

Migrant rights activists said Tuesday that about 200 Central American migrants hope to re-start a journey to hold a "Viacrucis" protest in Mexico City, after highway immigration checkpoints stymied their trip last week.

For several years, migrants have carried wooden crosses in protest marches in Mexico around Easter week to illustrate their suffering at the hands of criminals and corrupt police.

The convoy of buses carrying the migrants had planned to leave Thursday from the city of Ixtepec, in southern Oaxaca state. But the Rev. Alejandro Solalinde, who runs a shelter for migrants in Ixtepec, said authorities threatened to arrest on human-trafficking charges the owners of buses rented to carry the protesters.

Solalinde's shelter said the migrants now plan to set out on Wednesday. And Amnesty International called on Mexican authorities to guarantee security for the migrants on the Wednesday trip.

Mexico's immigration agency said Monday it was respecting the migrants' rights, and that its nearest checkpoint was 5.5 kms (3 miles) from the shelter.

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