Hundreds of immigrants from Central America tried Sunday to cross the border in the Mexican city of Tijuana to US territory.
About 500 migrants who took part in a peaceful demonstration along the border, including women and children, went to the iron barrier at the border crossing and tried to cross it in an attempt to enter American territory.
Hundreds of migrants managed to get past the first checkpoint before they received tear gas, according to news agencies. While US helicopters flew in the border area at low altitude.
A number of immigrants preferred to return to Mexican territory, while others continued to advance towards US territory.
As a result, the San Diego office of the Federal Customs and Border Protection Agency (BPO), via Twitter, closed the border for cars and pedestrians for some time and then the border guards reopened the crossing points between the cities of Tijuana and San Diego.
US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of six thousand US troops on the border with Mexico to prevent immigrants from entering US territory.
Some 5,000 migrants have arrived in Tijuana after cutting nearly 4,000 kilometers in about a month, fleeing from violence and poverty in Honduras in particular, hoping to enter American territory.
