Mexico will continue its measures to stop migrants from reaching its northern border with the United States, its top diplomat said Friday, days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election vowing a new crackdown on illegal immigration, Reuters reports.

Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente stressed that Mexico’s model is working and will stay in place, pointing to data that shows the number of migrants caught by US authorities at the border had fallen 76 per cent since last December.

“It’s working well and we’re going to continue on this path,” he said, speaking at a regular government press conference.

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