Mexican National Guard members line up to embark on a plane to the northern border.

Photo : Reuters / Paola Chiomante

Agency France-Presse

Mexico began on Tuesday to deploy 10,000 soldiers on the border with the United States, as promised the day before in exchange for a suspension of the American threat to impose customs duties of 25 % on Mexican products, announced Its president Claudia Sheinbaum.

We have already started to send [les militaires]said the Mexican president at her morning press conference.

The head of the state said that the soldiers had been mobilized in states that do not have as much security problems. This is a deployment that does not leave the rest of the country without securityshe said.

AFP also observed around 300 soldiers at Mérida airport, in the state of Yucatan (south).

Photo : Reuters / Paola Chiomante

The Mexican press has reported since Tuesday morning the mobilization of soldiers and members of the National Guard to different cities on the border with the United States, such as Tijuana and Matamoros.

AFP also observed around 300 soldiers at Mérida airport, in the state of Yucatan (south).

On Monday, the two heads of state announced almost simultaneously that the United States had suspended for one month the application of customs duties, which were to increase the price of imports from Mexico from 25 % on Tuesday.

In exchange, Mexico has committed to dispatch 10,000 soldiers on the border with the United States To stop the fetanyl flood [un opioïde meurtrier] and illegal migrants In the United States, Donald Trump said.

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