Posted on 03/26/2020 8:29:24 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Protesters blocked lanes on the Mexico side of the southern border on Wednesday, requesting Mexico institute more coronavirus screenings for southbound travelers to avoid further spread.
The protests, involving less than a dozen people and two vehicles blocking two southbound lanes at the DeConcini crossing, lasted hours Wednesday on the Mexican side of the border in Ambos Nogales, USA Today reported.
The demonstrators held up signs that requested U.S. residents “stay at home” and others demanding Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador increase restrictions and screenings on everyone entering Mexico. The protesters also requested a ban on tourism visits and those for minor medical procedures for U.S. citizens and Mexicans in the U.S.
The blockade led to backed-up traffic in the bordering Nogales, Ariz., prompting police to redirect cars headed to Mexico.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the crossing had reopened at 5:30 p.m., but the city of Nogales cautioned that the protests may continue Thursday, according to a statement obtained by USA Today.
Jose Luis Hernandez, who was with the group Sonorans for Health and Life, said the protests were the Mexican president’s “first warning.”
“There are no health screenings by the federal government to deal with this pandemic,” he told USA Today. “That’s why we’re here in Nogales. We’ve taken this action to call on the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to act now.”
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>>Protesters blocked lanes on the Mexico side of the southern border on Wednesday, requesting Mexico institute more coronavirus screenings for southbound travelers to avoid further spread.
that’s xenophobic
they should hug an American.
Dang. And I was planning to move to Juarez to get healthy.
Man, that’s really ironic.
Maybe Trump should give them an infusion of aid to build a wall
Upside down world.
“...involving less than a dozen people and two vehicles blocking two southbound lanes at the DeConcini crossing, lasted hours Wednesday...”
The horror! The horror!
Perhaps they could build a wall and pay for it (promise kept).
“Less than a dozen” protesters were able to stop traffic at the border for HOURS? Come on, Mexico, your Border Guards need better training, better ammo or something.
That’s like the whole border entry point being shut down
because a mother goose and her chicks ‘refused’ to be rounded up. You have ready options at your disposal. Use them!
It’s like rain, on your wedding day....
Funny, but we don’t have Coronavirus in Mexico. Just a few folks who returned from Spain, Italy, NYC and China brought it to town....Panic, panic. We need to throw a bucket of cold water of reality into the face of people whose knickers got in a wad watching CNN.
Montezuma’s revenge is more powerful than Covid.
Wait, so Trump is winning so much that now the Mexicans are protesting to close the border to keep Americans out of Mexico?
How ironic.
They weren’t the least bit concerned about bringing all manner of diseases into the US.
bump!
But borders are racist.
They’re at least letting Latinos through, right?
Block both lanes, and I’m cool.
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