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...MEXICO CITY - The hundreds of Central American migrants walking north in southern Mexico have received steady media coverage in Mexico, but with sky-high murders, a stagnant economy and corruption topping the national agenda, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's aggressive efforts to stop them hasn't stirred a widespread reaction.
...López Obrador, a leftist who throughout his campaign talked about protecting human rights and more respectful treatment of migrants, has taken some criticism from the left, even from within his own party, for Mexico's more militarized reception of migrants who arrived at the Guatemala-Mexico border last weekend.
...In a two-hour news conference Thursday he was not asked once about the caravan or the government's response even as news emerged that hundreds of migrants had crossed the border and were walking up a Mexican highway.
...In Ciudad Hidalgo, the caravans have drawn a security response.
...Noé Serrato, 39, a Mexico City real estate agent, said he doesn't blame López Obrador for rounding up caravan members.
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