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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2006 
Mexico Says U.S. Group Burning Mexican Flag is Unacceptable
 Associated Press
| | Russ Dove, right, a member of the Tucson-based Border Guardians, holds a burning Mexican flag, while fellow member Laine Lawless, center, looks on, during a counter-protest to an immigration-rights rally, Monday, April 10, 2006, at Amory Park in Tucson, Ariz. Hundreds of thousands of people, demanding U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants, took to the streets in dozens of cities Monday, in some of the most widespread demonstrations since the mass protests began around the country two weeks ago. (AP/John Miller) |
Mexico City - A Mexican official on Monday struck out at a U.S. anti-immigrant group for burning the Mexican flag outside a consulate in Tucson.
"We consider any provocation or vandalism of national symbols to be unacceptable," Foreign Relations Undersecretary Lourdes Aranda said in a news conference.
About 12 people from the Tucson-based Border Guardians burned the flag Sunday on the sidewalk in front of the Mexican Consulate. They carried a sign that read, "Defending American Sovereignty."
Group members spoke out against proposed immigration laws and blamed the Mexican government for the number of undocumented migrants who enter the United States through Arizona, the busiest illegal entry point along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The protest came as hundreds of thousands people have marched in U.S. cities to support immigration reforms. Demonstrators have carried Mexican as well as American flags.
Border Guardians director Laine Lawless said the group plans to burn more flags.
"Anytime they take to the streets, we'll burn a Mexican flag," Lawless said. |
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