Piece of Berlin Wall Placed in Mexico near U.S. Border Barrier as ‘Message’

Mexican officers in Tijuana positioned a three-ton part of the previous Berlin Wall near the U.S. border with a message to “build a society that knocks down walls and builds bridges.” The message ignores the stark distinction in objective between the 2 obstacles.

During a ceremony in August, Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero and former Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard put in the 12-meter excessive phase of the fallen Berlin Wall — a wall designed by the previous Soviet Union to maintain communist-controlled German residents locked inside and have become an icon of the Cold War-era. Guards would steadily use lethal power to cease their residents from fleeing the oppressive regime.

After 4 plus years at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, a piece of the Berlin Wall is discovering a brand new house at El Parque de la Amistad in Playas de Tijuana.

The official presentation of the fragment is scheduled for Sunday, August thirteenth. pic.twitter.com/CCNPyD6ev6

— LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (@LAPlazaLA) August 13, 2023

In sharp distinction, the U.S.-built border barrier is designed to cease the unlawful stream of migrants throughout the border from Mexico into California.

A view of the 12-meter-long, about 3-ton piece of the fallen Berlin Wall donated to town of Tijuana in Mexico on August 15, 2023. (Carlos Moreno/Anadolu Agency through Getty Images)

A plaque on the wall phase donated by the Falling Walls Foundation bears a message from Mayor Caballero which reads, in half, “”May this be a lesson to construct a society that knocks down partitions and builds bridges,” Fox News reported.

Mayor Caballero acknowledged the distinction in objective of the 2 partitions. “The social and political conflict is different than the Berlin Wall, but it’s a wall at the end of the day,” the Tijuana mayor mentioned.

The mayor added that she respects the concept the U.S. should implement its personal borders. She then added that the U.S. border wall represents “violence” and “family separation.”

Migrants climb the gate of the Guatemala-Mexico worldwide border bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas. (FILE: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)

She didn’t clarify if a Mexican border wall alongside its border with Guatemala additionally represents “violence” and “family separation.”

Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border crew’s affiliate editor and senior information contributor. He is an unique member of the Breitbart Texas crew. Price is an everyday panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning speak present. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX.