U.S. govt doesn't want to build new sections of border wall, Mexico says
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A member of the Texas National Guard works on a razor wire fence, near a border wall on the banks of the Rio Bravo River, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/ File Photo
MEXICO CITY - The U.S. government does not want to build new sections of wall on its border with Mexico, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday, expressing doubt that the planned construction would be carried out.
"It's pure publicity," Lopez Obrador said in a regular morning press conference, after the Biden administration announced it would build additional sections of border wall, carrying forward a signature policy of the Trump administration. REUTERS
