AFP通信さんのインスタグラム写真 - (AFP通信Instagram)「AFP Photo - Guatemala police fire tear gas, disperse US-bound migrant caravan -⁣ .⁣ Guatemalan police fired tear gas Sunday to disperse thousands of Honduran migrants trying to reach the United States on foot, with soldiers beating back a group trying to push through barricades, AFP journalists witnessed.⁣ .⁣ Security forces surrounded the migrant caravan on a road in the southeastern Guatemalan town of Vado Hondo, near the border with Honduras.⁣ .⁣ Amid the deafening explosions of gas and smoke cannisters, many migrants retreated, with some waiting nearby to make a new attempt later, while others fled into nearby mountains.⁣ .⁣ Several dropped their sparse belongings as they rushed from harm's way.⁣ .⁣ Uniformed soldiers with clubs and plastic shields beat back one group trying to break through a fence.⁣ .⁣ In the name of curbing the spread of the coronavirus, security forces are under strict orders not to let anyone through.⁣ .⁣ Saying they are desperate to escape poverty, unemployment, gang and drug violence and the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes, the migrants set out from Honduras last week, aiming to cross Guatemala and Mexico and reach the US -- an arduous journey of thousands of kilometers.」1月19日 3時09分