The federal government has deployed 8,715 elements of the Army and the National Guard as part of the Migration and Development Plan on the Northern and Southern Borders, whose purpose is to contain the illegal migration of people from Central, South America and the Caribbean, mainly, and whose objective is to reach the United States.
However, this figure would rise to 10,000 items, Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, announced yesterday. That is, the country would send about 1,285 more items.
According to the latest report from the federal security cabinet, the Secretariat of National Defense, Navy and National Guard has 30 immigration checkpoints in the south of the country, with X-rays and Gamma rays, as well as 347 immigration control points and eight ships and boats under maritime control.
Due to these operations, between February and March of this year, 12,905 migrants have been rescued on three routes: Gulf, Pacific and Central.
Amenazas de Trump
On May 30, 2019, the then president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened to impose a 5% tariff on all Mexican products entering his country, “until the flow of undocumented migrants stops.” However, 18 days later Trump announced that he had reached an agreement on migration with Mexico, for which he suspended the application of tariffs. Trump had previously threatened to send the military to his border with Mexico.
On June 18, 2019, the government of Mexico began the deployment of the Armed Forces on the southern border with Guatemala and Belize.
In January 2020, national and international controversy generated that agents of the National Guard (GN) collided with a group of migrants in the municipality of Tapachula. In videos, GN agents were observed to form a human wall, carrying shields and batons to meet the migrants.
For March 24 of this year, after the new United States government, led by Joe Biden, asked for support from Mexico and other Central American countries to stop migration, the federal administration of our country reported that between January and March This year, 31,492 migrants with irregular stay were detained, 18% more than last year. Since then, the director of the National Migration Institute (INM), Francisco Garduño, has even led the location operations.
US President Joe Biden announced that Vice President Kamala Harris will lead her country’s efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador) to try to stop the flow of migrants to the United States. (With information from AFP)
Operations against migration
June 18, 2019
Members of the National Guard began operations on the southern border of the country to stop the migratory flow to the United States. The deployment was carried out after the call made to Mexico by the then president of the United States, Donald Trump, to reduce migration to his country.
June 22, 2019
The Secretary of Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, indicated that the deployment of the National Guard at the borders as of June allowed Mexico to reduce the migratory flow of Central Americans to the United States by 36.2%.
October 9, 2019
The undersecretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, met with the then United States Ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, to whom he explained the deployment of the National Guard with the purpose of reducing migration, and combating criminal networks that they profit from trafficking in people, money, weapons and drugs.
September 25, 2019
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador thanked his then United States counterpart, Donald Trump, for the recognition he made to his government for the deployment of the National Guard to contain migration.
January 23, 2020
National and international controversy caused National Guard agents to clash with a group of migrants in the municipality of Tapachula. In videos, Guard agents were observed to form a human wall, carrying shields and batons to meet the migrants.
October 5, 2020
Elements of the Mexican Army, the National Guard and the National Migration Institute carry out an operation to seal the border with Guatemala due to the arrival of a new migrant caravan that is advancing despite the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic.
April 12, 2021
United States authorities report that an agreement was reached with Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to deploy security elements at the borders. In the Mexican case, it will be about 10,000 military personnel.
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