Bush goes on patrol as Central America condemns US wall plan

MEXICO and four Central American nations have condemned a US plan to build hundreds of miles of triple-layered fencing on its southern border, saying it would not stop illegal immigration.

In a joint news conference in Mexico City early yesterday, the foreign ministers of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Mexico said that building barriers was not the way to solve problems between neighbouring nations.

“The position of Mexico and the other countries is that walls will not make a difference in terms of the solution to the migration problem,” said Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez.