US EditionWarning Signs Appear on Mexican Beach Declaring Area Restricted by U.S. as Mexico Rejects Trump Offer to Strike Cartels
Mexican navy removed US Department of Defense signs marking Playa Bagdad as restricted after contractors placed them amid a border dispute involving the International Boundary and Water Commission.
- On Monday, unidentified men arrived by boat and planted signs declaring Playa Bagdad restricted by the United States Department of Defense, while Mexican navy removed them later.
- On May 1 this year, the US Northern Command established a 260-mile National Defense Area along Texas's border, while United States President Donald Trump threatened strikes on drug cartels, escalating tensions with Mexico.
- The signs stated unauthorized entry was banned, photography prohibited, and people may be detained and searched, while footage described as from Playa Bagdad circulated but Al Jazeera could not verify it.
- On Tuesday, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said the International Boundary and Water Commission would resolve the river boundary dispute and reiterated, `We do not accept an intervention by any foreign government`.
- Since September 2, the US has conducted at least 21 strikes on Venezuelan drug boats, killing about 80 people, while earlier this year United States President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico the `Gulf of America`, which Mexico rejected.
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By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that confusing signs placed by the United States along the border with Tamaulipas have been removed, adding that both countries are working to clearly define the boundary in this region. Sheinbaum addressed the issue at her morning press conference a day after the Mexican Foreign Ministry and Navy reported in a statement the discovery of six signs at Bagdad Beac…
By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that confusing signs placed by the United States along the border with Tamaulipas have been removed, adding that both countries are working to clearly define the boundary in this region. Sheinbaum addressed the issue at her morning press conference a day after the Mexican Foreign Ministry and Navy reported in a statement the discovery of six signs at Bagdad Beac…
The Mexican Navy and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum themselves have confirmed the events after the cartels were removed, which were placed by a private company contracted by the US authoritiesTrump does not rule out a military action in Venezuela and is willing to attack in Mexico “to stop drug trafficking” A group of at least six people of American origin crossed irregularly this Monday morning the Rio Bravo that separates Mexico from the …
“This property of the Department of Defense has been declared a restricted zone [...] Unauthorized entry is prohibited.” It is part of the text in English and Spanish that could be read on six signs that were placed on Monday morning at Baghdad beach, located in the municipality of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, about 30 kilometers away from the border with the United States. Members of the environmental organization…
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