FILE PHOTO: New bollard-style U.S.-Mexico border fencing is seen in Picture taken March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Saturday it had "deep concern" about armed groups that intimidate and extort migrants on the border, shortly after the ACLU and Democratic senators called for a probe into such citizen efforts to block migrants from crossing.
"These types of practices can drive human rights abuses of people who migrate or request asylum or refuge in the United States," Mexico's Foreign Relations Ministry said in a statement, referring to "militia groups" in New Mexico.
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