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Thousands of US and Mexican troops are at the border. Here’s where they are and what they’re doing
SAN DIEGO — Border commuters are experiencing an extra layer of screening at the San Diego-Tijuana border as Mexican soldiers began randomly searching vehicles for drugs at U.S. ports of entry. The ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Mexico Border
Guatemalan soldiers patrol the shared border with Mexico as part of the Ring of Fire operation, aiming to strengthen border ...
New book examines 'Runaway Scrape,' a mass exodus during the Texas Revolution
Hundreds of civilians are believed to have died while fleeing east to Louisiana during the Texas Revolution 189 years ago.
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Barbed wire and patrols: Two armies unite to stop Mexico-US migration
On one side of the border, US soldiers unfurled barbed wire. On the other, Mexican soldiers monitored a gap in the border ...
Soldiers are arriving at the border — but hardly any migrants are crossing
New figures show illegal crossings along the Southwest border plummeted to fewer than 30,000 in January — a level not seen since 2020, during the pandemic.
Stryker combat vehicles, 3,000 troops en route to US-Mexico border as Trump admin steps up militarization of the area
The Pentagon is sending another 2,500 to 3,000 troops to the southern border as the Trump administration continues to ramp up ...
Mexico sent 10,000 troops to stop fentanyl. It remains elusive.
Troops in Nogales, Mexico, have found 150 fentanyl pills, according to official statistics. Meanwhile, U.S. officials across ...
Deseret News archives: Pancho Villa invaded the U.S. but suffered defeat in 1916
In response to the attacks, U.S. forces under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing invaded Mexico in an attempt to capture ...
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Soldiers Aren’t Border Police: the perils of using troops against migrants
Soldiers are trained for combat. They exist to defend a state against aggression, or to keep order in extreme emergencies.
Pentagon to send 3,000 more troops to the US-Mexico border
Roughly 3,000 more active-duty troops will deploy to the southern border, the Pentagon announced Saturday, expanding a major ...
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Two armies, one goal: stopping Mexico-US migration
On one side of the border, US soldiers unfurled barbed wire. On the other, Mexican soldiers monitored a gap in the border wall. Both had the same objective: to curb irregular migration.
Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the ...