Mexican remittances hit record $27 billion amid Trump worries

Mexicans living abroad sent home a record of nearly $27 billion in 2016, the central bank said Wednesday, amid US President Donald Trump's threat to tap into their remittances to finance a border wall. Trump has suggested that the US government could seize remittances to pay for the massive wall he has promised along the border to stop illegal immigration -- or halt the transfers to force Mexico to pay. Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo warned last week that the Mexican government could walk o