Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that troops have already started to be deployed to Mexico's northern border as part of the agreement reached with U. President Donald Trump to pause tariffs.
The plan was developed by the Secretary of Defense and his team," Sheinbaum said during her morning briefing. The deployment of 10, National Guard troops will help monitor customs to prevent drugs from entering, especially fentanyl, and will reinforce the security of the entire border area with the US, she said. She assured her country that the deployment does not leave the rest of the country without security, as there are a total of , National Guard members. Mexico's troops to the border come after Sheinbaum and Trump had a phone conversation Monday.
Both presidents confirmed they reached an agreement that would stop the flow of deadly fentanyl into the U. Per the agreement, the U. The Associated Press reported that it observed more than members of the National Guard boarding a plane Tuesday morning in the southeastern city of Merida, bound for Ciudad Juarez.
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