Reuters
Mexico’s president slams enhanced Texas border trucking inspections as ‘despicable’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday criticized the Texas government over its imposition of enhanced commercial truck inspections earlier this month, which disrupted trade at the Mexico-U.S. border. “Legally they can do it, but it’s a very despicable way to act,” Lopez Obrador said at a regular news conference. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, had described the stepped-up truck inspections as part of a broader effort to deter illegal immigration and counter wheat he characterized as the “open borders” policies of Democratic President Joe Biden.