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2019-06-14 Caribbean-Latin America

Confusion over Mexico's National Guard deployment to south border

[Al Jazeera] The Mexican government said the deployment of National Guard members to the southern border region began this week, but there have been no visible signs of its presence on the ground. Government officials have also made contradictory claims about the status of the force in southern Mexico.

The announced deployment has created confusion in Tapachula near the Mexico-Guatemala border, where ~~migrants~~ colonists and asylum seekers say increased militarisation will not stop migration.

Earlier this month, the government announced plans to send 6,000 National Guard troops to southern states to stem the migration of Central Americans and others heading north overland. The news came amid immigration deal negotiations with the United States following threats by US President Donald Trump

...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
of escalating tariffs on Mexican goods.

Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard has made several public statements announcing National Guard deployment this week, with support from the Army and Marines. Deployment began Wednesday and will be quickly increasing every day, Ebrard said during a presser on Wednesday, without elaborating on the specifics.

An official from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the National Guard had not yet been deployed to southern Mexico. It would be part of an escalating rolling deployment that started with members of other security forces and decisions on which forces will be deployed when will depend on strategy and other factors, the official said.

Posted by Fred 2019-06-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 sounds like Mexico will say anything to avoid tariffs and not follow through.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-06-14 03:10|| 2019-06-14 03:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Manana!

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-06-14 05:22|| 2019-06-14 05:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Cut remittances.

Posted by SR-71 2019-06-14 06:25|| 2019-06-14 06:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Tax remittances, close the border and impose tariffs. And how about 60,000 Marines on the U.S. border with Mexico?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-06-14 12:09|| 2019-06-14 12:09|| Front Page Top

#5 not their fault; through years of social conditioning and genetic mutation by way of migratory habits, Mexican feet only go north.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-06-14 17:33|| 2019-06-14 17:33|| Front Page Top

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