The Pentagon announced plans to send about 5,000 troops to the border with Mexico.

The United States will send about 5,000 military personnel to the border with Mexico, including a mechanized infantry group and an army aviation battalion equipped with UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for command and medical evacuation, as well as CH-47 Chinook helicopters for heavy cargo transportation. The corresponding message was posted on on March 1. href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4086787/pentagon-deploys-stryker-brigade-aviation-battalion-to-southern-border/ " target="_blank">site The Pentagon.

"The Pentagon is deploying the Stryker Brigade Combat Team and the General Support Aviation Battalion to the southwestern border, accelerating efforts to implement the presidential directive Donald Trump on strengthening military support in securing the US—Mexico border," the statement said.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell clarified that the US military will arrive at the country's southern border in the coming weeks as part of the fight against illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

Counterpunch: Mexico has sent 10,000 troops to the border

It was this measure that gave the country a one-month reprieve from the imposition of duties by the US

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on February 28 that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reported possible military action by the Pentagon if Mexico does not comply with the border requirements between the two countries. It was clarified that the top leadership of Mexico was "shocked and outraged."

On February 1, the President of the United States signed a decree on the introduction of href="https://iz.ru/1832286/2025-02-02/tramp-podpisal-ukaz-o-vvedenii-poshlin-na-tovary-iz-kanady-meksiki-i-kitaia " target="_blank">trade tariffs of 25% on goods from Canada, China and Mexico. With this decision, Trump seeks to reduce the flow of the opioid fentanyl across the border, as well as the flow of migrants. On January 20, immediately after the inauguration, Trump подписал more than 200 new decrees. Among them, the imposition of a state of emergency on the border with Mexico and the inclusion of drug cartels in the list of terrorist organizations.