Migrant Caravan Organizer Says Latin American Nations ‘Conspiring’ Against US as 5,000 Head to Border

About 5,000 migrants are marching on foot from Mexico's southern border toward the U.S. and the man who is helping organize it says an immigration crisis is being “weaponized against the United States” by Latin American countries.

Irineo Mújica is a longtime activist who was born in Mexico but grew up in Arizona.  He holds dual U.S-Mexican citizenship and has been coordinating migrant caravans for decades, Arizona Central reported.

He said the governments are making it easier for migrants to move north to worsen the situation.

"This is not normal. This is being used by the countries to make sure they get what they want from the United States," Mújica told right-wing news outlet Real America’s Voice.

Mújica claims South American countries are fueling the crisis in an effort to get financial aid from the Biden Administration.

"As an American citizen, I would say do not give Mexico or any of those countries that are completely responsible with immigration, give them zero cents,” he added.

The migrants say they are moving north because they are tired of long waits for visas that can take months.

Mújica is demanding transit visas that would allow the migrants to cross Mexico and reach the U.S. border.

The southwestern border of the U.S. has struggled to cope with increasing numbers of migrants from South America who move quickly through the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama before heading north. By September, 420,000 migrants, aided by Colombian smugglers, had passed through the gap in the year to date, Panamanian figures showed.

The march is among the largest since June 2022. Migrant caravans in 2018 and 2019 drew far greater attention. As many as 10,000 migrants showing up at the U.S. border in recent weeks.