MEXICO CITY: Mexico on Tuesday (Feb 4) started shifting troops to its northern border as a part of a ten,000-member deployment that President Claudia Sheinbaum promised US counterpart Donald Trump in trade for a delay of his tariffs.
“The deployment has already began,” Sheinbaum informed reporters a day after saying a last-minute cope with Trump to tighten measures towards unlawful migration and cross-border smuggling of the drug fentanyl.
A number of hundred members of the Nationwide Guard have been seen boarding a navy aircraft within the southeastern metropolis of Merida, heading for the Mexican-US border.
Troops have been seen arriving in Tijuana, simply south of California, and Ciudad Juarez, bordering Texas.
“There can be patrols alongside your entire US-Mexico border,” mentioned Jose Luis Santos, Nationwide Guard coordinator in Ciudad Juarez.
“Patrols can be performed on foot and by car, in addition to patrols on varied roads resulting in the border,” he informed reporters.
Authorities from each international locations additionally began a joint operation in Ciudad Juarez to find a doable tunnel utilized by migrants to cross into the USA.
They discovered a storm drain throughout a search on Tuesday, nevertheless it didn’t lead into US territory, mentioned the federal government of Chihuahua state, the place Ciudad Juarez is situated.
Final month, US and Mexican safety businesses found a clandestine border tunnel going from Ciudad Juarez into El Paso, Texas.
The tunnel measured roughly 300m in size on the Mexican facet and was hidden in a storm sewerage system working between each cities.
