Mexico deploys the first of 10,000 troops to US border after Trump's tariff threat

Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-US border in Ciudad Juarez, Feb. 5, 2025.

A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump.