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IPFS News Link • Mexican United States Relations

Another Wall Blocks Route to U.S.

09-23-2010 • IPS

Travelling without documents to the United States from Latin America can turn into an odyssey, in which migrants have to elude common criminals and drug traffickers along the way, not to mention the laws on migration. But now another obstacle is emerging: a wall between Guatemala and Mexico. According to the head of customs for Mexico's tax administration, Raúl Díaz, in order to stop boats carrying contraband, the southern Mexican state of Chiapas is building a wall along the border river Suchiate, similar to the one the United States is building along its southern border with Mexico. "It could also prevent the free passage of illegal immigrants," admitted the Mexican official. [At least their honest about being all about the money from contraband.]

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Reported By Justin Tyme

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