Border mayors join to protest barrier

The mayors of the border towns of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico joined to head a protest at a bridge spanning the Rio Grande. Despite what one organizer of the "Hands Across El Rio" demonstration dubbed as a “low turnout,” El Paso Mayor John Cook was proud of the historic embrace with Juarez Mayor Hector Murguia Lardizabal during the protest against U.S. government plans to build a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border:

“Today is a historic day in the expression of friendship between two mayors, two cities and two countries. It is necessary for Washington and Mexico City to understand that our border doesn't separate us, it joins us.”

Both mayors join a long list of politicians, businessmen, and other leaders who have expressed their displeasure with the U.S. border fence plan.

Image- The Epoch Times

Source- Houston Chronicle, Reuters, The Latin Americanist