# Mexico Says It Will Spend $1.5 Billion to Invest In Controversial ‘Smart’ Border Surveillance Tech

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/mexico-says-it-will-spend-1-5-billion-to-invest-in-controversial-smart-border-surveillance-tech/
- Published: 2022-07-15T09:15:52-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo credit: Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images. Article by Mack DeGeurin. Gizmodo – July13, 2022. It turns out Mexico may actually pay for an expensive U.S. border wall after all, but certainly not in the way former president Donald Trump would have hoped. Following a wide-ranging meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden this week, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed to spend some $1.5 billion over the next two years investing in so-called “smart” border technology. The agreement amounts to both a departure from the contentious Trump-era political bickering between the two countries and a continuation of border surveillance efforts, which […] Click here to view original web page at gizmodo.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio