According to the Associated Press, "Mexico's top security official has appeared to suggest there was some kind of conspiracy behind the two migrant caravans already in Mexico, related to the Nov. 6 U.S. midterm elections."
"The fact that this is being done at a time when there are election campaigns in the country they're headed for, that's not a coincidence, that's not chance, that's the reason why," Mexican Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarette said.
He also mentioned the role of criminal human traffickers as well as presence of criminals in general within the caravan's ranks, adding:
"Here we are talking about a humanitarian crisis of a lack of jobs, a lack of opportunities, and the use by third parties of a vulnerable population group like the migrants... I have talked about there being people tied to criminal activities who have infiltrated the caravan ... we have detained some."
Though MRCTV readers who have been following this crisis have likely already heard their fair share of reports about caravan participants allegedly using firearms and Molotov cocktails against Mexican police as well as setting an immigration facility on fire.