Enrique Peña Nieto Viral Letter: Read Mexican Child’s Plea To Raise Father’s Income So His family Won’t Be Hungry

Enrique Peña Nieto has come to the center of a Mexican social media campaign again. A Mexican boy has written a letter to the Mexican president asking him to raise the minimum wage for his Dad and to lower taxes because "he's sad and we don't have enough." The letter, written by 11-year-old Luis Ángel Carrillo Rivera has been circulating on Mexican social media, being share dozens of times and becoming the latest Mexican viral phenomenon.

The letter from the sixth grader reads as follows: "Dear Mr. President: Can you raise my dad's salary? It's just that sometimes we only eat once a day and it's sad because I don't get an allowance and i don't get a school lunch and I don't eat at recess. Could you please lower taxes? To a $5, $2 or even $1 peso if possible. Because just don't have enough. Sincerely, Luis Ángel Carrillo Rivera, Juan B. Tegerrina School." The adorable plea has understandably generated a lot of attention.

In fact, Mexico's minimum wage was raised just last year, with a 3.9% increase in the minimum wage being implemented beginning in 2013, below the 4.2% hike granted a year before and less than the current rate of inflation. However, this still brings the minimum wage in Mexico to just under 65 pesos ($5.10) in the highest-paid Zone A, which includes the capital and major cities. The minimum wage in Mexico has for years been far below market value.