Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters.

U.S. military aircraft carried out two similar flights, each with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala on Friday. The government was not able to move ahead with a plan to have a C-17 transport aircraft land in Mexico, however, after the country denied permission.

The Mexican official did not give a reason for the denial of permission to land, while the foreign ministry did not mention the incident.

    • Flying Squid
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      521 month ago

      Everything they plan to do costs a bundle. Even just renaming the Gulf of Mexico will cost millions, if not billions, because of all the signs that need to be replaced, official maps redrawn, laws redrafted, etc.

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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        331 month ago

        And guess who will just so happen to run companies getting these contracts? It’s all a way to hand tax dollars to his donors, and his oligarchs doing him favors.

    • JustEnoughDucks
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      171 month ago

      The Nazis became more “efficient” after they started with mass deportation too.