Mexico deploys 10,000 troops to frame amid US President Donald Trump’s tariff risk

Nationwide Guard troops, masked and armed, combed by way of the comb alongside the border close to Ciudad Juárez, eradicating makeshift ladders and ropes from trenches and loading them onto vehicles. Patrols have been additionally noticed in different border areas close to Tijuana.

This follows a tense week on the border after President Trump determined to delay imposing heavy tariffs on Mexico for no less than a month. In return, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged to deploy the Nationwide Guard to strengthen border safety and fight fentanyl smuggling.

Trump declared a border emergency regardless of a major decline in each migration and fentanyl overdoses over the previous yr. In response, the US pledged to take stronger motion towards the trafficking of American weapons into Mexico, which fuels cartel violence.

This violence has unfold throughout the nation as felony teams vie for management of the profitable migrant smuggling business.

On Tuesday, the primary wave of troops arrived in border cities, disembarking from authorities planes. Guard members patrolling on Wednesday confirmed they have been a part of the brand new deployment.

In keeping with authorities figures, no less than 1,650 troops are anticipated to be despatched to Ciudad Juárez, making it one of many largest recipients of border reinforcements, second solely to Tijuana, which is able to obtain 1,949 troops.

Throughout Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s go to to Latin America, the place migration was a key subject, he thanked the Mexican authorities for deploying the extra forces, as per an announcement from the Mexican authorities.

The negotiation by Sheinbaum was seen as a wise political transfer by the newly elected Mexican chief. Many had questioned whether or not she might deal with Trump’s presidency as successfully as her predecessor, former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

With AP inputs