TUXTLA GUTIERREZ: A group of more than 1,000 Central American migrants has arrived in Mexico, hoping to eventually reach the United States after President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered a crushing midterm election defeat.

The chances they will make it across the US border are slim. Recent similar caravans were broken up by Mexican authorities before even leaving the state of Chiapas, a southern state bordering Guatemala.

The group arrived Sunday evening in Tapachula, just west of the border with Guatemala.

Some carried Honduran flags with placards bearing the words "Central American caravan" and religious messages. Others arrived with Guatemalan flags tied around their necks.