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A caravan of about 300 Hondurans and other Central Americans dubbed 'Fe y Esperanza' arrived in Tapachula, Mexico, after departing San Pedro Sula and crossing Guatemala, with members seeking to continue north — some aiming for the United States and others hoping to stay in Mexico if they can regularize their status.

Guatemalan migration authorities say the caravan that left San Pedro Sula on Sunday has broken up into small groups moving independently, with about 250 of the roughly 400 Hondurans identified between Monday and Tuesday having entered legally, 106 ordered to leave after irregular entry, and 10 teenagers aged 15–17 placed under state protection.

A group of deported Hondurans arrived at San Pedro Sula's main bus terminal on September 22, while another caravan of Hondurans continues through Guatemala toward Mexico.

Approximately 400 Hondurans who departed San Pedro Sula on Sunday crossed into Guatemala at El Cinchado; Guatemalan authorities registered over 250 who entered legally, issued deportation orders to more than 100 who entered irregularly, and identified eight unaccompanied minors.

Twenty-six Mexican nationals deported from the United States are temporarily housed at Honduras's migrant reception center in San Pedro Sula while completing consular paperwork to return to Mexico, part of a larger flow of 365 Mexican deportees Honduras has received and assisted since the beginning of the year.