An estimated 1,500 people, mostly from Central America, set off on Tuesday from the southern city of Tapachula near the Guatemalan border.

Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico over migrant caravan as US and Mexico continue trade talks. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In a sharply worded post on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump claimed that a new "invasion" was underway after Republicans suffered heavy losses in the US midterm elections. He argued that large groups of migrants were forming and travelling through Mexico towards the US.

President Donald Trump threatened to immediately double tariffs on Mexico if it fails to stop migrant caravans marching toward the U.S. southern border.