motive in murietta s murder but the victim seemed to know he was at risk. saying this a few days before he died. he went on to say the streets belong to the people, not the criminals. and some of those people turned up here, to his funeral. they gave him a standing ovation, as his coffin was led out. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. talk more about this with our senior latin america affairs editor, raphael romo. raphael joins me now here in the studio. lovely to haveou. it s great to have you in the studio. it s been a while. yes. let s talk about mexico. this is the largest elections the country s having in its history. why are they so important? and what s at stake? it s just the sheer size of the election. we are talking about
he went on to say, the streets belong to the people, not to criminals. and some of those people turned up here to his funeral. they gave him a standing ovation as his coffin was led out. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. we re also watching a hotly contested presidential runoff in peru. polls are set to open in a matter of hours and voters will be choosing between two candidates with dramatically different visions for the future. the election caps off a year of extreme political instability in peru, a country especially hard hit by the pandemic. the winner of sunday s vote will be the country s fifth president in five years. i want to talk more with senior latin american affairs editor, rafael romo. rafael, lovely to see you r. great to have you in the studio. great to see you too. it s been awhile. yes. let s talk about mexico.
here from the president s conversation with jose. this is the president s answer to whether he thinks mexico is a friend or a foe. let s talk about mexico. do you consider mexico an ally, an adversary, a friend, or a foe? this week i consider them a friend. they ve been doing a great job, actually. we signed an agreement last week. they have 6,000 people going to their southern border, troops, and they are doing a really good job. so far they ve been doing a really good job. is this a week by week i have to see how they do. they can easily stop if they want to, they can easily stop this tremendous migration to the united states and then we have all these the illegals coming in. it s no good. mexico has been great for the last week and a half. now, i signed the agreement a week and a half ago. but they ve been great. they ve honored the agreement. if they weren t great, i would put tariffs on. where do we see this relationship going, jennifer?
these sorts of issues. thank you for your reporting on this. kelly o donnell at the capitol. hans nichols at the white house, ali arouzi in tehran. we will of course stay very close to this story. president trump spoke to nbc partner telemundo earlier this week his first interview to a spanish network since becoming president. speaking to our friend jose diaz balart who is here with us the president was asked directly if he views mexico as friend or foe. let s talk about mexico. do you consider mexico an adversary, ali, friend, or foe? this week i consider them a friend. they ve been doing a great job, actually. we signed an agreement last week. they have 6,000 people going to their southern border. troops. and they are doing a really good job. so far they have been doing a real good job. is this a week by week i have to see how they do. they can easily stop if they
confident at the end of the day she has the votes to do it. a big challenge for the anti-pelosi kol lition. nobody has stepped up to run against her. sandra and bill. sandra: thanks. bill: want to bring in america s a-team. hello, good monday. our spanish speaker says what about tijuana? let s clear it up. what will happen there? let me say something about it. the folks from the border of mexico in many ways have more in common with the united states than they do with central america. i covered the region for 12 years. they rely on commerce with the united states. not with central america. unlike the people that invade the u.s. border, they travel to and from the united states quite frequently. so they really do view these central americans as a problem.