Meet Some Mexicans Who Think Mexico Will Pay for a US Border Wall Andrea Noel - The Daily Beast
go to original January 16, 2017

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Speaking to Mexicans south of the border in Tijuana, it is clear that most are not buying Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s assertion last week that “Mexico - of course - will not pay” for the wall.

Nor do they believe the statements made by his predecessor, former President Felipe Calderón, who told CNBC that “Mexican people, we are not going to pay any single cent for such a stupid wall!” Nor the words of his predecessor, former president Vicente Fox, who told Jorge Ramos of Univision, “I’m not going to pay for that fucking wall.”

Walking along the looming, ever-present border wall that already divides the violence-afflicted city of Tijuana from “America’s finest city,” San Diego, every Mexican I spoke to inevitably offered the same response when asked, “Who will pay for ‘The Wall’?”

“Mexico,” more than a dozen people said, one after another. Indeed, not one believed in Mexico’s ability to stand behind its government’s reiterated promise.

Resoundingly, they cited lack of confidence in the current administration, and fears of what would happen if Mexico attempted to somehow resist paying for the wall.

Some noted that even U.S. companies looking to expand into Mexico - like Ford, which announced the cancellation of a $1.6 billion manufacturing plant in northern Mexico last week - are being forced to bend to the president-elect’s will, before he has even taken office.

“If the United States says Mexico is going to pay for the wall, then Mexico is going to pay for the wall. Period,” said 38-year-old Terán Palomares, who manages a seafood restaurant overlooking the border fence in Tijuana. “Mexico is terrified of the U.S. and its power, and even more worried about any economic repercussions that could come from refusing to pay.

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