EL PASO, Texas — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday slammed Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his stepped up inspections of commercial trucks at the border, which for 10 days disrupted trade and the supply chain between both countries.
“Legally they can do it, but it’s a very despicable way to act,” Lopez Obrador said at his regular daily news conference, known as the mañanera. “I would say it’s chicanadas (half-baked) antics from the state government.”
Lopez Obrador’s remarks were his first since the inspections began on April 6. Last Friday, Abbott, who is up for re-election in November, agreed to end the additional inspections on commercial vehicles after the governors of four Mexican states – Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas – announced they had reached security agreements with Texas.
