Hundreds of migrants stranded in Honduras resume journey towards United States

TEGUCIGALPA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of migrants who had been stranded in Honduras, including at least 500 Haitians, have set out on their way to the United States, local authorities said Saturday.

"They already left. (The) Immigration (authorities) helped them," Dinora Sandoval, deputy mayor of the Trojes community on the border with Nicaragua, told Xinhua.

More than a week ago, about 2,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, Africans, and Cubans, sheltered in houses, churches, community centers, and schools in Trojes in eastern Honduras.

Local media reported this week on the presence of the undocumented immigrants who had entered through Nicaragua and took refuge in Trojes, a community of about 60,000. The immigrants passed through Guatemala and Mexico to try to reach the United States.

In recent years, the majority of migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border came from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, or the Northern Triangle region troubled by gang violence and a torpid economy.

The U.S. Biden administration has said it is seeking 4 billion U.S. dollars in aid from Congress for these countries to address the immigration problem.