Mexican foreign minister slams 'extortion' by Texas in border dispute


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  • Monday, 02 May 2022

FILE PHOTO: Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States in the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge connecting the city of Ciudad Juarez to Santa Teresa, Nuevo Mexico, Mexico April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The pressure Texas exerted on neighboring Mexican states last month to tighten border security was tantamount to "extortion", Mexico's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott made deals with the governors of the border states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon after enhanced Texan security checks to prevent smuggling of people and contraband disrupted bilateral trade.

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