*Wolverton, Joe (October 27, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30469-who-s-funding-the-caravan-and-who-could-be-hiding-among-the-hondurans Who’s Funding the Caravan and Who Could be Hiding Among the Hondurans?] ''The New American''. Retrieved October 27, 2018.</ref>
In a segment on [[Fareed Zakaria]]'s [[CNN]] broadcast January 29, 2017, Mexico's former foreign minister, Jorge Castaneda, states the Mexican government was willing to counter President Donald Trump policy by unleashing [[drug cartel]]s cartels upon the U.S. border.<ref>https://youtu.be/hoZEGd6lrxI</ref>
In August 2017 Mexico's Economic Minister Ildefonso Guajardo threatened to flood the U.S. with South American illegal aliens, criminals and gang members as leverage to keep exploiting NAFTA. ''[[Reuters]]'' reported, "Mexico could pull back on cooperation in migration and security matters if the United States walks away from talks to renegotiate the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]]."
Guajardo said, "If they do not treat us well commercially, they should not expect us to treat them well by containing the migration that comes from other regions of the world and crosses Mexico.”<ref>https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1AQ21N</ref>
In September 2017 ''[[Reuters]]'' reported a joint statement from George Soros and [[MasterCard]] earmarking up to $500 million for migrants.<ref>https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1531H2</ref> In 2018 MasterCatd admitted that it handed out prepaid debit cards to migrants traveling to [[Europe]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-03/soros-partners-mastercard-hand-out-money-migrants</ref>
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