Leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Uruapan, in Michoacan state, Mexico, June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Ortega
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The politician leading the race to be Mexico's next leader said on Sunday he wants to broker a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump to stem illegal immigration through jobs and development rather than a border wall.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the favourite to win Mexico's July 1 presidential election, said he hoped to craft a deal with Trump similar to the "Alliance for Progress", an aid plan launched in 1961 by then-president John F. Kennedy to help Latin America.
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