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Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops, Stryker combat vehicles to border
United States Soldiers scan their sector at a known crossing point of the Rio Grande in Brownsville, Texas, on February 25, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is…
U.S. designates six Mexican and two Latin American cartels as foreign…
Elements of the Mexican Army, the National Guard and the Jalisco Security Secretariat guard one of four armored vehicles that were seized from drug cartels in…
USNORTHCOM announces Joint Task Force – Southern Border
U.S. Soldiers from the Georgia National Guard work alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct train inspections in Uvalde, Texas, on February 12,…
Full Control of Southern border equals ‘mission accomplishment,’ defense…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, is greeted by Army Soldiers while visiting the Mexico-U.S. border in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on February 3, 2025. THE…
U.S. Coast Guard surges assets and personnel to support Mexico-U.S.…
The U.S. Coast Guard surged aviation assets beginning in late January 2025 to support border security efforts at the Mexico-U.S. frontier. U.S. COAST GUARD
The…
Mexico deploys first of 10,000 troops to U.S. border
Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-U.S. border in Ciudad Juarez on February 5, 2025. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A line of…
Mexican president cracks down on cartels, border migration
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has stepped up enforcement efforts at the U.S. border since her October 2024 inauguration. AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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Mexico pledges to continue with migrant removal policy
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration said in November 2024 it will continue the policy of removing migrants from the border with the U.S. and…
Mexican Army, National Guard battle criminal organizations near U.S.…
Mexican Soldiers patrol Culiacán in September 2024. In November, Mexican Soldiers executed three operations near the U.S. border to arrest cartel members, seize…
Mexico sends military forces to protect lime growers from cartels
A worker unloads limes at a citrus packing plant in La Ruana in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Mexico has sent…