by Charlotte Hazard
The operation is titled "Operativo Frontera Norte."
Mexico on Tuesday deployed 10,000 troops to its northern border with the U.S. – appearing to make good on a vow President Claudia Sheinbaum made a day earlier to President Trump to bolster border security in exchange for Trump pausing a 25% tariff on Mexican goods.
The deployment, titled "Operativo Frontera Norte," has Mexican soldiers going to the border towns of Juárez and Chihuahua.
Sheinbaum also intends to send troops to border towns Matamoros, Mexicali, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Tijuana.
Trump triggered the tariffs – along with ones on Canada and China – in an attempt to force the curtailment and end illegal migration and drug trafficking, particularly the flow of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Trump agreed to pause the tariffs for a month after making an agreement with Sheinbaum to work together on security and trade. Part of the deal was having more agents from Mexico at the border to combat drug trafficking.
Charlotte Hazard
Source: https://justthenews.com/world/mexico/mexico-deploys-10000-military-troops-southern-border
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