Mexican president to ‘friend’ Trump: close the US-Mexico border at your peril

Andrés Manuel López Obrador warns ex-president that campaign pledge will hurt $325bn Mexicans bring to US

Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written to his “friend” Donald Trump warning that any attempt to close the US-Mexico border if he is re-elected would spark a “rebellion” on both sides.

Trump made the pledge during his speech at the Republican national convention, where he spoke about the “massive invasion at our southern border that spread misery, crime, poverty, disease and destruction to communities all across our land”.