Mexico ramps up border security with 10,000 troops deployed
Mexico has started deploying 10,000 soldiers and gendarmes at the border with the United States to curb fentanyl smuggling and illegal migration following an agreement with the U.S.
Mexico began the operation to deploy these forces at the border to combat fentanyl smuggling and illegal migration. Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced this on Tuesday, emphasizing that these actions are part of an agreement with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
As part of this agreement, the U.S. suspended the implementation of 25% tariffs on Mexican goods for a month.
Sheinbaum declared at a press conference that they have already started sending them, adding that the movement of forces will support actions against crime at the northern border.
Mexican media reported that on Tuesday morning, 990 National Guard officers were transported by plane from the south to the north. More than 3,700 gendarmes are expected to reach towns at the border by land, and 900 soldiers from Mexico City were directed north.
Trump announced the imposition of tariffs, justifying it with the illegal influx of migrants and the fentanyl crisis, which has been linked to many deaths in the U.S. On Monday, both parties announced a one-month suspension of tariffs to allow negotiations involving U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the heads of the Treasury and Commerce Departments.
