ARRIAGA, Mexico — The thousands of migrants traveling through southern Mexico toward the United States border poured into the rail town of Arriaga on Friday, filling the town’s main park and the surrounding streets, clustering together in spare shade under a torridly hot sun. Their arrival came a day after news broke in Washington that President Trump was considering sealing the southwestern border to all migrants. But the revelation barely registered here. The migrants had other things on their minds. With their arrival in Arriaga, on the 15th day of their journey, they had reached a literal and figurative crossroads. The town has historically been a place of big decisions for migrants making the northward trek from Central America. This is near a fork in the road between two northbound migratory routes — one passing through the state of Oaxaca and the other through the state of Veracruz. It also offers a range of travel methods, including La Bestia — The Beast — the infamous freight train that hundreds of thousands of migrants have illegally ridden north. Acner Adolfo Gutiérrez Rodriguez, 30, a Honduran migrant seeking work in the United States, was sprawled under the low-hanging boughs of a tree, near the railroad tracks that slice through Arriaga. He said he and his two traveling companions, men he met on the road, were waiting for guidance from the caravan’s de facto leadership, one that has organically emerged among the migrants. “There are rumors that we are going to be helped with buses,” he said. “Or we will go by train. And if not, on foot.” The
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