Migrant Caravan Detained in Piedras Negras Near Texas (PHOTOS)

A migrant caravan of about 1,600 people camped out in a factory in Piedras Negras, a Mexican border city just west of Eagle Pass, Texas, on Tuesday.

The Central American migrants are said to have arrived across the Rio Grande, prompting the governor of the northern state of Coahuila to dub them all as "asylum seekers," reported AP. Jose Borrego, a spokesman for the Coahuila government, said the state organized 49 buses from the interior cities of Saltillo and Arteaga to ensure safety for all the migrants.

"However, Mexican police and soldiers are holding the caravan in the factory and not letting them stay anywhere else, in part to prevent a mass attempt by migrants to cross the Rio Grande," AP reported. Borrego also stated that migrants who have humanitarian visitor visas from Mexico are currently allowed to leave the factory.

See a roundup of heartbreaking photos from the recent migrant caravan in Piedras Negras below:

Piedras Negras, Mexico

Tuesday February 5, 2019

Central American immigrants hang around by the fence line of a shelter guarded by Mexican Federal police in riot gear in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Mexican Federal Police in riot gear guard outside of a migrant shelter for Central American immigrants in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Members of a Central American family leave a shelter in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Six-year-old Daniela Fernanda Portillo Burgos sits on the shoulders of her mother, Iris Jamilet, 39, as they look out through the fence of a immigrant shelter in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Central American immigrants line up to register with Mexican Immigration officials at a shelter in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

A Central American immigrant family stands in line for food at a sheltered in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Honduran Delia Romero, 24, sits with her children in their sleeping area at a sheltered in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

One-year-old Julivet Fernando sleeps on a mattress at a sheltered in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Central American immigrants line up for breakfast at a shelter in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Central American immigrant families look out through the fence of a shelter in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

A Central American immigrant gets a haircut at a shelter in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

A woman arrives with donations at a shelter housing Central American immigrants in Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Lead image by Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP. AP is a contributor of this post.