The anti-immigration blog VDare [2] (who get creds for being bilingual) approvingly note from a persual of Monterrey's daily El Porvenir that the Monterrey suburb of San Nicolas is planning to build a security fence on its border with the neighboring municipality of Guadalupe—reportedly, to keep out thieves and gang activity.
San Nicolas Mayor Zeferino "Chefo" Salgado is pushing the five-mile fence along the river La Talaverna, which divides the two towns. On Feb. 25, residents of the San Nicolas colonias (neighborhoods) adjoining the border will vote in a referendum on the project. "Chefo" told El Porvenir [3] Feb. 22, "I have to give a solution to whom I owe answers and those are the citizens of San Nicolas, this is a necessary measure that we are going to take." To which VDare adds: "Go get 'em, Chefo! Would that we had more American leaders with your resolve."
Guadalupe Mayor Cristina Diaz opposes the fence, of course. A Nuevo Leon state sub-prosecutor, Aldo Fasci, also spoke out against the fence, and drew a parallel with that being built on the US border—which, he told El Porvenir [4] Feb. 15, "has not stopped the passage of drugs, nor stolen vehicles, nor weapons, nor indocumentados" ("illegal aliens," as VDare helpfully translates). VDare then adds: "Well no, but it hasn't really been built yet, has it?"
Actually guys, 300 miles of it has been built.
See our last post on Mexico [5], the narco crisis [6] and the struggle for the border [7].
