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Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua wants to help with Trump wall |
2016-11-25 |
"We can’t be choosy," Enrique Escalante, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) said in an interview. "We’re an important producer in that area and we have to respect our clients on both sides of the border." Republican Trump campaigned vowing to build a "big, beautiful, powerful" wall across the 2,000 mile (3,200 km) frontier in order to stop illegal immigrants from Mexico, which he accused of sending rapists and drug traffickers north. The campaign of the New York businessman who has never previously held public office was widely reviled in Mexico. Parts of the border are already divided by high fences, and a huge part of the boundary runs along the Rio Grande river. Based in Chihuahua, a large northern state bordering Texas and New Mexico, GCC is one of the biggest construction materials companies in Mexico. It generates around 70 percent of its sales in the United States, where it also has three plants. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#2 Heh. The other day, I bet someone a case of beer that Mexico would help build The Wall. Does this count? |
Posted by: SteveS 2016-11-25 14:29 |
#1 You'd think the Mexican government (and maybe even corrupt elements of the US gummint) would see the graft potential in controlling their side of the border crossings. Got to be a multiple of what the coyotes are paying now... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-11-25 06:35 |