Mexico turns the other cheek

The World

 So far Mexico’s new president isn’t challenging President Trump’s aggressive stance at the US Mexico border. But Jorge Castañeda, a former Mexican foreign minister says a sudden eruption of violence, like a tear gas canister blowing up and harming civilians, could dramatically escalate tensions.

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