(6 Feb 2025)
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Ciudad Juárez, Mexico – 5 February 2025
1. Members of the Mexican National Guard during their first patrol of Mexico’s northern border
2. U.S.-Mexico-border fence
3. Member of the National Guard during patrol
4. Members of the National Guard discovering ladder UPSOUND No name given (Spanish) "Are there more? Are there more? Are there more things? Let’s see."
5. Various of members of the National Guard strapping ladder on vehicle
6. National Guard vehicle
7. Various of members of the National Guard patrolling the border
8. U.S.-Mexico border fence
9. Member of Mexican Army pulling rope used by smugglers
10. Various of members of the National Guard carrying ladder used by smugglers
11. Various of members of the National Guard during patrol
STORYLINE:
A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following threats of high tariffs being imposed on Mexican goods by President Donald Trump.
Masked and armed National Guard members picked through brush running along the border barrier on the outskirts of Ciudad Juárez, pulling out ladders tucked away in the trenches, and pulling them onto trucks.
Patrols were also seen on other parts of the border near Tijuana, Mexico.
It comes after a turbulent week along the border after Trump announced he would delay imposing crippling tariffs on Mexico for at least a month.
In exchange, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised she would send the country’s National Guard to reinforce the border and crack down on fentanyl smuggling.
Trump has declared an emergency on the border despite migration levels and fentanyl overdoses significantly dipping over the past year.
The U.S. said it would, in turn, do more to stop American guns from being trafficked into Mexico to fuel cartel violence, which has rippled to other parts of the country as criminal groups fight to control the lucrative migrant smuggling industry.
On Tuesday, the first of those forces arrived in border cities, climbing out of government planes. Guard members in the Wednesday patrol confirmed that they were part of the new force.
At least 1,650 troops were expected to be sent to Ciudad Juárez, according to government figures, making it one of the biggest receivers of border reinforcements in the country, second only to Tijuana, where 1,949 are slated to be sent.
AP video shot by Fernanda Pesce
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