Approximately 400 migrants depart southern Mexico for U.S.

A migrant caravan of about 400 people departed from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula for the United States on Saturday, Reuters reports.

Driving the news: The caravan departed at about 7:30am local time — days after migration officials broke up another group, per Reuters.

Many in the group, which includes Central Americans and Haitians and some Venezuelans and other South Americans, said they sought to escape poverty and violence at home.
"I've handed in paperwork, but nothing ever gets fixed," Sharon, a 31-year-old mother who is part of the group, told Reuters.
"Just appointments and more appointments. I am scared, but if I don't get out of here, I'm not going to get work," she said.

Go deeper: More migrants from farther away