More than a hundred elements of the National Guard arrived at the Border Ciudad Juárez, in northern Mexico, as part of the agreements between the president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in order to Strengthen safety on the common border and fight drug traffickingespecially of fentanyl.
The Inspector General José Luis Santos Iza, coordinator of the 31st Battalion of the National Guard based in Ciudad Juárez, in the state of Chen, a northern border of Mexico, he reported that more than 120 elements have arrived since Monday and said that “there is“ there is pending other troops. ”
Although he did not specify what the total number of members hope to mobilize to this point on the northern border of Mexico explained that the troops will begin to operate immediately in The Chihuahua border stripwhich covers approximately 800 kilometers with the US.
“The personnel who have just arrived belong to the National Guard and arrived on the occasion of the recent agreements between the president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the president, Donald Trump,” Santos Iza said in an interview for the media.
In addition, he said that this action aims to strengthen the northern border of the country with national guard personnel to Avoid drug trafficking, mainly of fentanylwhile the US government has demanded to stop the migratory flow on the border that both countries share.
The deployment will include patrols on foot and vehicles along the border strip, as well as in roads that lead to the United States.
“It will be one Permanent surveillance On the border line, “Santos Iza emphasized.
The Inspector General clarified that the mission of these elements focuses exclusively on the fight against drug trafficking and Not in migratory control tasks.
“This is a separate activity; this operation is only to avoid drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, mainly fentanyl,” he said.
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