Honduran Accused of Planning Caravan Denies Venezuela Support
A group of Central American refugees and asylum seekers walk towards town of Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico on Oct. 23.
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A former lawmaker accused by the Honduran government of organizing the thousands-strong group of migrants heading toward the U.S. denied that Venezuela is financing the caravan.
Bartolo Fuentes, a former leftist lawmaker who was accused last week by Honduras’s Foreign Affairs Ministry of planning the so-called “caravan”, said migrants coordinated on Whatsapp and Facebook to leave in a large group in order to protect themselves from organized crime. Bartolo said his only role in the affair was to recommend in a Facebook post that people travel in groups for safety.