Bartolo Fuentes

His activism began as a student leader. He edits Vida Laboral magazine and the Honduras Labor website, which focuses on labor and human rights.^[1] Fuentes sought refuge in Mexico in the 1980s after receiving threats after protesting against the Nicaraguan Contras. He began organizing migrants in 1999. Beginning in 2013, he served as a deputy in the National Congress of Honduras, for Libertad y Refundación (LIBRE, or Liberty and Refoundation).^[2]

Fuentes helped organize a migrant caravan in April 2018. On October 16, as a later caravan entered Guatemala, Fuentes was arrested and returned to Honduras. Fearing persecution by the government, he took refuge in El Salvador.^[1]

• Bartolo Fuentes on Facebook
• Ahmed, Azam; Rogers, Katie; Ernst, Jeff (October 24, 2018). "How the Migrant Caravan Became a Trump Election Strategy". Retrieved 2018-11-27.