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Mexican Ambassador To U.S. Predicts Caravan Will 'Conclude' Within Days

Gerónimo Gutiérrez tells NPR that the Mexican government has been sending migrants home in some cases, and offering humanitarian relief in others. "The number has been drastically reduced," he says.
The Mexican ambassador to the United States, Gerónimo Gutiérrez, speaks at a news conference at the Mexican Embassy in Washington on March 9, 2017.

Mexico's ambassador to the United States, Gerónimo Gutiérrez, says that the Mexican government has been working to "manage migration flows" — despite President Trump's tweets accusing the country of doing "very little, if not NOTHING," to stop crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Gutiérrez says that a caravan of

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