More than 3,190 military personnel and elements of the National Guard were deployed to the northern border from various air bases in the country during the early hours of Tuesday. It is estimated that, combined with the elements mobilized by land from border states, the total contingent rose to 5,890 personnel that day. All of this is part of an agreement to send 10,000 personnel to the area to combat drug trafficking and migration.
The Secretariat of National Defense communicated through its social networks that the goal is to send a total of 10,000 elements of the National Guard and the Mexican Army to the border with the United States. This movement is carried out as part of the Northern Border Operation, agreed upon between President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump. The main objective is to reinforce the already deployed troops at the border to stop drug trafficking, especially fentanyl, as well as illegal immigration and the entry of weapons from U.S. territory.
Regarding the deployed personnel, 2,200 military were sent from Military Camp 1-A in Mexico City, while 990 National Guard elements were transported by air from the Yucatan Peninsula, departing from Campeche, Merida, and Quintana Roo. At the same time, since Monday, a reassignment of personnel has been carried out within the border states of Baja California, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, to strengthen surveillance at the border with the United States, adding around 2,700 elements deployed by land from Baja California, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas.
During her morning press conference on Monday, President Claudia Sheinbaum mentioned the agreements reached with U.S. President Donald Trump to pause for a month the 25% tariffs imposed on Mexican products. This was agreed upon in exchange for Mexico to permanently reinforce the northern border with the deployment of 10,000 military personnel, as requested by the U.S. president.
