Trump Sues Border Diocese to Expropriate Land for Border Wall
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
The Donald Trump administration seeks to expropriate 14 acres of land on a prominent mountain outside El Paso, owned by the Catholic diocese of nearby Las Cruces, New Mexico, to install additional border barriers; the site attracts thousands for an annual religious pilgrimage. The land in question is located at the base of Mount Cristo Rey, a 720-foot tall mountain featuring a nearly 29-foot statue of Jesus Christ at its summit, overlooking Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, and Sunland Park, New Mexico. Trump's attorneys filed a lawsuit last week in a federal court in New Mexico against the Las Cruces diocese, which is resisting the government's attempt to take the land. The lawsuit claims that the federal government needs the land to install barriers and technology 'designed to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border.' The government noted in court documents that it has offered the church $183,000 for the property.
AI summary · Source: Telemundo McAllen (KTLM) →
