Mexico deploys additional troops to Tijuana to boost border security and curb fentanyl trafficking into the U.S.

Masked and armed National Guard members were seen scouring the brush along the border, retrieving makeshift ladders and ropes concealed in the trenches before loading them onto trucks. Patrols were also conducted in other parts of the border near Tijuana.

Hundreds of Mexican soldiers were mobilized on Tuesday to the border with the United States as part of an agreement that halted U.S. tariffs on Mexican imports under the condition the Latin American country cracks down on fentanyl trafficking.

The move is part of a deal between Mexico and the U.S. that led President Trump to put a pause on tariffs on our neighbors to the south for the next 30 days.

Mexico began Tuesday the 10,000-strong border troop deployment it had promised US President Donald Trump in exchange for delaying a 25-percent tariff on exported goods, President Claudia Sheinbaum said.

Mexico has begun deploying 10,000 soldiers and gendarmes at the border with the USA to curb fentanyl smuggling and illegal migration, following an agreement with the USA. The operation to deploy 10,000 soldiers and gendarmes at the border with the USA started in earnest.

A military airplane carrying 120 Mexican National Guard troops landed in Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday morning. The reinforcements to the 1,600 Guardsmen already on a permanent rotation in Juarez are part of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s commitment to shore up security at its border with the United States,

Mexico on Tuesday began the 10,000-strong border troop deployment it had promised President Donald Trump in exchange for delaying a 25% tariff.