Jackie McVicar, a member of the Atlantic Region Solidarity Network, joined Radio Sputnik's Loud & Clear on Friday to discuss the deportation of Bartolo Fuentes to Honduras after he was detained in Guatemala.
Fuentes, who is a journalist and an organizer of the mostly Honduran migrant caravan making its way through Central America toward Mexico and the US, was detained on Tuesday for failing to comply with Guatemala's immigration rules, the Honduran Security Ministry announced earlier this week.
The announcement was made after US President Donald Trump tweeted that he would be cutting off economic aid to several Central American countries should the caravan not be stopped.
With Mexican authorities having been able to hold back the majority of the 3,000-plus travelers, Trump took the opportunity to offer his thanks for their efforts. "As of this moment, I thank Mexico. I hope they continue," he said, stressing that the migrant caravan wouldn't be entering the US "on [his] watch."