Mexican Protesters Demand Border With US Be Closed

Yesterday, Arizona Central reported that a group of protesters blocked incoming lanes on the Mexican side of the border checkpoint in Nogales to prevent Americans from coming into the country.

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The Trump administration has already closed the borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel, but the protesters in Nogales say not enough is being done to ensure the traffic coming across the border is actually essential. Part of the reason people are so worried about the potential for the virus to spread is that President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador has expressed almost no concern about the virus thus far.

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President ALMO, as he is known, is the same guy who has taken a similarly relaxed “hugs not bullets” approach to cartel crime. That has been an ongoing disaster so far with Mexico reporting the highest murder rate in its history last year.

The lax approach to the virus finally started to change this week with Mexico’s first social distancing measures put in place Tuesday. However, not everyone has gotten the message. A state governor in central Mexico is telling people the poor are immune to the virus.

— Hotair | 03/26/2020 | John Sexton