US, Mexico Conduct Security Exercises Near Border
U.S. and Mexican forces demonstrated a coordinated response against drug trafficking organizations, including the Juárez Cartel, officials said.
- On Thursday, U.S. and Mexican security forces conducted a bi-national exercise near El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, demonstrating coordinated rapid response capabilities against drug trafficking organizations operating in the region.
- Washington designated the Juarez Cartel, known as La Linea, a terrorist organization last month, joining the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel as Mexico faces sustained pressure from the Trump administration to address drug flows.
- U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rappelled from Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations helicopters while Mexican military and National Guard personnel participated, with numerous vehicles patrolling the Rio Grande.
- Joint operations like this reflect heightened U.S.-Mexico cooperation as Mexico addresses Trump administration pressure to curb drug and migrant flows, with the exercise demonstrating a coordinated response against trafficking organizations.
- El Paso remains a focal point for the Juarez Cartel's operations, now designated a terrorist organization alongside the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels, with both nations continuing to deploy resources along the Rio Grande.
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The joint operation took place a few weeks after Washington had included the Juárez cartel on its list of "foreign terrorist organizations", notably prohibiting it from accessing the US financial system.
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The scene from the US/Mexico border yesterday included special operations insertions. There were armored MRAP’s, units on different types of […]
U.S. and Mexican forces today conducted security exercises in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez border area, where a Mexican cartel recently designated as a terrorist organization by Washington operates. U.S. President Donald Trump’s government added a month ago to the list of criminal gangs designated as terrorists to the Juárez cartel, until 20 years ago one of the most powerful in Mexico. The U.S. security exhibit was led by the Border Patrol and the…
This demonstration of force was carried out by the Immigration Police (ICE) and the Border Patrol, while the Mexican side brought in the army and national guards.
On Thursday, the United States and Mexico conducted exercises at the level of their common border, in the area of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, where the Mexican cartel of Juárez recently described as a "foreign terrorist organization" by Washington.
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