Third Migrant Caravan Is Reportedly Armed, Clashed At Border
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🗓️ 2 November 2018
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UPDATE: Trump clarified they do not intend to fire on the migrants but will arrest them.
Mexican Official Claims Some Migrants In the third Caravan Are Armed . This news comes as Reuters reports a third group has started to make its way to the US. Now we have reporting that there are three caravans and according to a Mexican Minister some of those in the third group are armed.
Following clashes at the Southern Mexican border Trump escalated rhetoric and may send up with 15,000 soldiers in total to the southern US border.
Trump's statement that he will treat rocks as firrarms has people alarmed and some enraged. The Honduran Caravan, which was the first headed to the US is not believed to have any arms or many criminals.
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| 0:00.0 | The migrant caravan issue is escalating in a rather dramatic fashion. We're not hearing that a third |
| 0:05.7 | group of migrants are making their way to the U.S. and have recently passed through the Southern |
| 0:10.4 | Mexico border. According to the Mexican Interior Minister, this group is armed with guns and |
| 0:16.0 | Molotov cocktails. When the group was trying to break through the Southern border, police and |
| 0:20.4 | Mexico fired rubber bullets on the group and one man was actually killed. There are three groups |
| 0:25.5 | now. The second group was also reported to be throwing rocks. In response to this, Donald Trump |
| 0:30.8 | is now reportedly sending more soldiers to the Southern border, potentially up to 15,000. |
| 0:36.8 | And he recently said that they will treat rocks like firearms and this has sparked a massive |
| 0:42.4 | outcry. So let's take a look at exactly what's going on and we're going to start with the troops |
| 0:46.7 | on the Southern border. But before we get started, please head over to patreon.com-flashtimcast |
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| 1:00.8 | From NPR, Trump says he'll send as many as 15,000 troops to the Southern border. |
| 1:06.2 | Speaking of reporters, as he left the White House for a campaign rally Wednesday night in Florida, |
| 1:10.0 | Trump said the number of military personnel on the border will go up to anywhere between 10,000 |
| 1:14.9 | and 15,000 military personnel on top of the border patrol ice and everybody else at the border. |
| 1:20.9 | The current number of troops deployed to the border is 5,239. The head of northern command, |
| 1:26.5 | General Terrence Oshonasey, said on Tuesday. He said that number would likely grow even larger. |
| 1:32.0 | A contingent of 2,092 National Guard members is already stationed at the border. |
| 1:37.0 | That total alone is roughly equal to the number of US troops remaining in Iraq and Syria. |
| 1:42.1 | This news comes following reports that a second migrant caravan has entered Mexico as main caravan |
| 1:47.9 | resumes. There is a third caravan, we'll get to that in just a second. |
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