“Mexico will prevent people from traveling to our southern border, starting immediately,” he continued in another message, assuring that this measure would “go a long way to putting an end to the illegal invasion of the States -United”.
“Mexico’s position is not to close the borders”
These remarks were shortly afterwards contradicted by the Mexican president on the social network ) We reiterate that Mexico’s position is not to close borders, but to build bridges between governments and between people,” wrote Claudia Sheinbaum.
Earlier, the left-wing leader had specified that she had had an “excellent discussion” with the Republican on the subjects of security and immigration.
“We discussed the Mexican strategy facing the phenomenon of migration,” she said on countries and the United States) because they are taken care of in Mexico.
The influx of drugs addressed
This phone call comes a few days after the Republican tribune threatened Mexico, Canada and China with a sharp increase in customs tariffs. The president-elect confirmed Monday his desire to “impose customs duties of 25% on ALL products entering the United States on Mexico and Canada” as of January 20, the day of his inauguration. “This tax will remain in effect until drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal immigrants stop this invasion of our country!” he added.
The Mexican currency, which fell to its lowest level in 28 months on Tuesday in reaction to these announcements, rebounded strongly on Wednesday.
The Mexican president said Wednesday that she had spoken with him about strengthening “collaboration on security issues” and a campaign in Mexico “to prevent the consumption of fentanyl.” Donald Trump, for his part, discussed a discussion on “what can be done to stop the massive influx of drugs into the United States, as well as the consumption of these drugs by Americans.”
According to Washington, fentanyl, often produced in Mexico with chemical compounds notably from China, causes more than 70,000 overdose deaths each year on American soil.
Before this telephone call, the Mexican president had warned her future American counterpart of the consequences of her shock announcements: “President Trump, it is not through threats or customs tariffs that you are going to stop the phenomenon of immigration, nor the drug use in the United States,” she said in a letter. Claudia Sheinbaum had threatened to in turn increase Mexican customs tariffs on American products.
