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From the Associated Press: A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump.
Masked and armed National Guard members picked through brush running along the border barrier on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez, pulling out makeshift ladders and ropes tucked away in the trenches, and pulling them onto trucks. Patrols were also seen on other parts of the border near Tijuana.
It comes after a turbulent week along the border after Trump announced he would delay imposing crippling tariffs on Mexico for at least a month. In exchange, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised she would send the country’s National Guard to reinforce the border and crack down on fentanyl smuggling.
Trump has declared an emergency on the border despite migration levels and fentanyl overdoses significantly dipping over the part year. The U.S. said it would, in turn, do more to stop American guns from being trafficked into Mexico to fuel cartel violence, which has rippled to other parts of the country as criminal groups fight to control the lucrative migrant smuggling industry.
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Hundreds of Mexican soldiers were mobilized to the border with the United States. This is part of an agreement that halted US tariffs on Mexican imports under the condition that it cracks down on fentanyl trafficking https://t.co/ncAjgYlAs3 pic.twitter.com/43jgFqOoJ4
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 5, 2025
Mexican troops have been seen across the border in Tijuana after Presidents Trump and Sheinbaum came to an agreement before Trump’s tariffs went into effect. pic.twitter.com/uvMLC97P3P
— ABC 10News San Diego (@10News) February 6, 2025
🚨 THERE THEY ARE! Mexican troops are now arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border after Trump’s tariff threat. pic.twitter.com/y5a5walr2z
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 5, 2025
BREAKING: Mexico deploys 10,000 National Guard & Army troops to the U.S. border in Operativo Frontera Norte.
Today at 6AM Mexican forces began deploying across the northern border by air and land.
Tijuana, Sonoyta and Matamoros received the first airlifted units. pic.twitter.com/gCAArsA5Je
— Hᴜıƶᴀʀ (@HuizarTony) February 4, 2025
Mexican troops arrive at US border to disarm Trump tariff threats https://t.co/sQlHqaik4Q
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 6, 2025
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