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Mexico could claim territory to the United States

The Senator for Chihuahua, Patricio Martínez García announced that about 84 thousand 757 hectares of Mexican territory have been in the possession of the United States for many years, so that Donald Trump's plans to build a wall may not be implemented. Also for this reason Mexico could complain. Martínez García has been given the task of documenting some data, thus presented the proposal to create a Special Commission to analyze the situation and conduct a topographic study to make clear what the boundaries between the two countries. A bit of history It was also stressed that this same issue had already been made known since the time when Porfirio Diaz was president of Mexico, but now the senator is calling for a real defense of the territory. He recalled that before the loss of territory that was sold by Antonio López Santa Anna, previously the Spanish Crown had already ceded part of the territory. On the other hand also emphasized that with the passage of time the United States has extended more towards Mexican territory.

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