MEXICO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A caravan of at least hundreds of migrants left from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Sunday, heading for the U.S. southern border. The smaller caravan plans to join a larger one that left six days ago and is currently stopped about 25 miles (40 km) north in the town of Huixtla. [1/3]Migrants walk along the road in a caravan in an attempt to reach the U.S border, in Tapachula, Mexico November 5, 2023. A record number of people this year have crossed the Darien Gap region connecting Panama and Colombia. Reporting by Jose Torres; Writing by Sarah Kinosian; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Jose Torres, Selma Alvarez, Alvarez, Joe Biden, Sarah Kinosian, Josie Kao Organizations: REUTERS, Jose Torres Acquire, CBP, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexican, Tapachula, U.S, Huixtla, Chiapas, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Venezuela, Mexico, Darien, Panama, Colombia