Posted on 02/03/25
| News Source: CNN
Mexico will send 10,000 National Guard troops to its northern border to help reduce the flow of fentanyl into the US, reinforce the border, and help improve security in its own territory, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said.
“For humanitarian reasons, we must help the United States address its fentanyl consumption crisis, which is leading to overdose deaths,” she said at her morning news conference Monday.
This comes as President Donald Trump and Sheinbaum earlier on Monday announced a deal to delay tariffs by a month after Mexico agreed to place the soldiers at the border.
Sheinbaum also noted that the US, for the first time, has agreed to work together to prevent high-powered weapons from entering Mexico.
“I believe this is a very important aspect of the agreement we reached,” she said.
Sheinbaum also told Trump that she disagreed with his claim that the Mexican government has links with cartels, insisting that the claim no longer holds up.
“There is no way we would come to an agreement under those circumstances,” she said.
Officials from the US and Mexico will continue to hold high-level talks on security, migration and trade after agreeing to pause tariffs for a month, Sheinbaum said.
“We did not discuss an in-person meeting, but we did agree to continue having these calls, particularly during this month of work on both issues. Migration remains a key topic in this high-level dialogue,” she said.