First Mexican troops arrive at US border

A line of Mexican National Guard and army trucks rumbled along the border near Texas today.

According to foreign media, they are the first of 10,000 additional troops that Mexico has sent to its northern border to appease the Trump administration, which threatened the country with tariffs.

At least 1,650 troops were expected to be sent to Ciudad Juarez, according to government figures, making the area one of the largest recipients of border reinforcements in the country.

"We have already started sending soldiers," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a press conference on Monday.

She explained that the soldiers were deployed within states that "don't have as many security problems."

"This is a development that does not leave the rest of the country without security," Sheinbaum underlined, writes A2 CNN.

The Mexican press has been reporting since this morning about the deployment of soldiers and National Guard members in various cities on the border with the United States, such as Tijuana and Matamoros.

AFP also observed about 300 soldiers at Merida airport in the southern state of Yucatan.

On Monday, the two presidents announced almost simultaneously that the United States had suspended for a month the implementation of customs duties, which are expected to increase the price of imports from Mexico by 25% starting today.

In return, Mexico pledged to send 10,000 troops to the border with the United States "to stop the flow of fentanyl (a deadly opioid) and irregular migrants" into America.

(A2 Televizion)