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Kathmandu. The first of 10,000 Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rolled into the border separating Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs.
Mask-wearing and armed National Guard members searched the bushes along the border fence outside Ciudad Juarez, removing makeshift ladders and ropes hidden in a ditch and loading them into trucks. Patrols were also seen on other parts of the border near Tijuana.
The incident came after a turbulent week after Trump announced he would postpone imposing tough tariffs on Mexico for at least a month. In return, Mexican President Claudia Senbaum promised to send the country’s National Guard to reinforce the border and crack down on fentanyl trafficking. Trump has declared a state of emergency on the border, despite significant declines in immigration levels and the amount of fentanyl smuggled last year. The United States has said it will do more to stop the smuggling of American weapons to fuel cartel violence in Mexico. The violence has spread to other parts of the country as criminal groups fight for control of the lucrative migrant smuggling industry.
The first of those troops arrived in border towns on Tuesday on government planes. Guard members on patrol confirmed on Wednesday that they were part of the new force. “There will be permanent surveillance on the border,” José Luis Santos Iza, one of the National Guard leaders leading the deployment in the city, told media upon the arrival of the first group of soldiers. “This operation is mainly to stop drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, mainly fentanyl.” According to government figures, at least 1,650 soldiers are expected to be sent to Ciudad Juárez. This makes it one of the largest recipients of border reinforcements in the country.
Second only to Tijuana, where 1,949 soldiers are planned. The top US diplomat thanked the Mexican government for sending the military force, according to a statement from the Mexican government during US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Latin America. Immigration was high on the agenda during the foreign minister’s visit. Senbaum’s talks were seen by observers as a shrewd political move by the newly elected Mexican leader. Many had already doubted whether he would be able to operate as effectively under Trump as his predecessor and ally, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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