Mexican President Orders 10,000 Troops to Assist in US Border Security Effort

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Claudia Sheinbaum noted the troop deployment alongside an agreement for a one-month pause on U.S. tariffs against Mexico.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has agreed to send 10,000 Mexican National Guard troops to the U.S.โ€“Mexico border to help prevent cross-border smuggling and the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States.

Sheinbaum first announced the move in a post on the X platform on Feb. 3.

โ€œMexico will immediately reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the National Guard to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, particularly fentanyl,โ€ she said.

These 10,000 Mexican troops could bolster an existing push by President Donald Trump to secure the U.S. southern border against trafficking and to curb illegal border-crossings.

Before Trump took office, around 2,500 U.S. troops were attached to a border security mission known as Joint Task Force North, and around 4,500 national guardsmen from various participating states were deployed in Texas to assist in a state-level border security effort dubbed Operation Lone Star.

Shortly after taking office, Trump ordered around 1,500 additional U.S. troops to deploy to the border.

Trump has taken several other executive actions to address border security, including declaring a national emergency at the southern border and authorizing his Cabinet to begin designating transnational cartels and other organized crime groups as foreign terrorist organizations.

The Mexican president may have ordered this troop deployment in hopes of heading off talk of direct U.S. military action against the cartels.

At a Feb. 3 press conference detailing her troop deployment decision, Sheinbaum said there must be respect for Mexicoโ€™s sovereignty.

Last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to rule out the use of military force against the cartels.

โ€œAll options will be on the table if weโ€™re dealing with what are designated to be foreign terrorist organizations who are specifically targeting Americans on our border,โ€ Hegseth said.

Asked about Hegsethโ€™s recent remarks on the possibility of a U.S. military intervention, Sheinbaum reiterated, โ€œSovereignty is non-negotiable.โ€

Sheinbaum further presented her decision to order a troop deployment on Mexicoโ€™s northern border as part of a broader effort to address both security and trade-related issues between the United States and Mexico.

Byย Ryan Morgan

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