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Viewing cable 06MEXICO2758, BORDER REACTION: MEXICO WORRIES ABOUT "THE WALL"

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06MEXICO2758 2006-05-23 15:56 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Mexico
VZCZCXRO4492
RR RUEHCD RUEHGD RUEHHO RUEHMC RUEHNG RUEHNL RUEHRD RUEHRS RUEHTM
DE RUEHME #2758/01 1431556
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 231556Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0965
INFO RUEHXC/ALL US CONSULATES IN MEXICO
RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA 3445
RUEHSN/AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR 2329
RUEHTG/AMEMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA 1555
RUEHMU/AMEMBASSY MANAGUA 0897
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MEXICO 002758 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
EO 12698: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV MX
SUBJECT:   BORDER REACTION:  MEXICO WORRIES ABOUT "THE WALL" 
 
REF:  Mexico 2637 
 
1.   (SBU)  Summary:  Embassy and Consulates continued 
intensive outreach on border issues with key media figures, 
the  campaigns and political parties.    While the GOM 
initially maintained a remarkably unified public line 
accepting U.S. border security initiatives, the attitude 
changed dramatically after the U.S. Senate approved a border 
"wall," spurring the same ill-informed public reactions we 
saw last year.  The tide turned quickly as President Fox 
decried the "wall" while touring Baja California, SRE issued 
and quickly publicized a diplomatic note expressing concerns 
over U.S. actions on the border generally, and Foreign 
Secretary Derbez convoked the solidarity of his Central 
 
SIPDIS 
American colleagues.   For all that, the criticism of the 
Fox Administration continues to build, and media are waiting 
for new polls to show whether the PAN candidate Calderon has 
taken a corollary hit.  End Summary 
 
Pushing the Word Out 
--------------------------- 
 
2.  (U)  Continuing reftel efforts, the Ambassador pre-taped 
and PAS placed sound-bites explaining the link between 
border control and comprehensive migration reform, 
reiterating President Bush's commitment to reform, and 
explaining U.S. legislative prospects.  PAS followed up with 
calls to key media figures, while POL continued outreach to 
the campaigns.  U.S. consulates in Mexico also continued 
aggressive outreach with  press and political contacts.   We 
succeeded in getting a number of commentators to acknowledge 
that the border control measures informed the ongoing U.S. 
Senate debate, and press coverage of that debate has 
generally been balanced. 
 
Falling Off the Wall 
------------------------ 
 
3.  (U)  While the GOM maintained a balanced reaction 
(reftel), it did so at a mounting public cost and changed 
gears quickly after the U.S. Senate approved (in conjunction 
with some migration measures) the construction of  fences 
along some parts of the border.    Public concern was 
quickly manifest, with even the industrial umbrella 
organization CANACINTRA suggesting in a public statement 
the "wall" would impede business and inhibit new investment. 
Almost immediately SRE announced it was sending a protest 
note to the U.S., and in a press release late 5/18 detailed 
its concerns about the rights of Mexicans along the border 
in light of National Guard deployments and other U.S. border 
initiatives, all allegedly described in the note (which we 
haven't yet seen).  Derbez also convoked his Central 
American counterparts to provide solidarity for Mexico's 
concerns and stress their firm but respectful opposition to 
the "wall."  Finally, President Fox told audiences in 
Mexicali 5/18 that walls should not be constructed between 
business partners, friends and neighbors, while at the same 
time applauding some measures approved by the U.S. Senate. 
 
4.  (SBU)  A National Action Party (PAN) deputy and regular 
contact of the Embassy said it was virtually impossible to 
have a reasoned conversation  focused  on the balance 
between border security and immigration reform.  The 
rhetoric in the Mexican press was just too strong for that, 
and he accused the other two parties, Institutional 
Revolution Party (PRI) and Democratic Revolution Party 
(PRD), of playing this strictly as a U.S. vs. Mexico issue. 
 He said the election season made it unlikely anyone in 
Mexico could avoid criticizing U.S. measures to increase 
border security.  He criticized the other parties' 
presidential candidates for saying Fox is not doing enough 
to stand up to the U.S. on this issue, explaining that there 
was nothing either of them could do differently under the 
same circumstances. 
 
Sticks and Stones in the Campaigns 
------------------------------------------- 
 
5.  (U)  The presidential campaigns almost universally 
reacted to the U.S.measures by criticizing Fox's foreign 
policy.  Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) candidate Andres 
Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) called Fox a "puppet" of the 
U.S. and a "straw man" for not reacting more forcefully to 
the U.S.  National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe 
Calderon said a wall built along the border is not a good 
signal.  Institutional Revolution Party (PRI) candidate 
Roberto Madrazo insisted the U.S. measures reflected the Fox 
government's failure to secure the border areas and 
 
MEXICO 00002758  002 OF 002 
 
 
establish a good bilateral relationship. 
 
6.  (SBU)  A PRD deputy close to the AMLO campaign told us 
his candidate would not hesitate to attack Fox over the 
border security issue, but would refrain from attacking the 
U.S.  He gave credit to the GOM for trying to present a 
balanced picture, but agreed with his PAN colleague that 
public upset over the issue was overwhelming.  He admitted 
privately that there was little Mexico could do to prevent 
the U.S. measures, acknowledged that important discussion of 
migration reform was progressing in the U.S., but said the 
campaign would still have to push Fox on the issue. 
 
7.   (SBU)  Comment  The Fox Administration turn about comes 
after days of campaign-related criticism of the President 
and his team for a tepid response to U.S. measures.   While 
the Fox Administration held fast to its balanced set of 
talking points regarding the deployment of National Guard 
(not militarization, only support), once the U.S. Senate 
passed authorization of the fences (seen in Mexico as a 
"wall") the public response reached the hysteria of last 
December when the Sensenbrenner bill was passed.  We can 
expect similar ebbs and flows in the public reaction -- 
prodded by the various campaigns -- as the U.S. Senate 
discussions proceed. 
 
Garza