How a private border wall sparked anger and death threats in a small New Mexico town
EL PASO, Texas – Javier Perea, mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, and his administration, had a relatively peaceful Memorial Day weekend.
When they got back to work, they were flooded with messages and calls from across the United States alleging the city's involvement in cartels and pushing them to approve the construction of a border fence.
A group called We Build the Wall had quickly erected part of a 20-foot tall fence along a mountainside at the edge of the city limits. The fence thrust the quiet southern New Mexico town of 14,407 into the national spotlight when the builders began touting it as the first privately built barrier between the U.S. and Mexico.
After the city halted construction of the fence to evaluate its laws, We Build the Wall founder Brian Kolfage began tweeting that the city was corrupt and alleging that the project was being stopped, prompting thousands to flood the city’s phone lines.
A caller the next day alleged the city was involved in organized crime and threatened to kill Perea and his family, according to Police Chief Javier Guerra. The call came from a line that could not be traced, Guerra said.
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MAGAts are such toxic people.
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