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Mexico Set To Deploy National Guard To Guatemalan Border To Head Off Migrant Caravans

Emily Zanotti

The Mexican government says it’s deploying 6,000 Mexican National Guard troops to that country’s southern border in an effort to assist the United States in curbing the flow of migrants from Central America, through Mexico, to the United States’ southern border.

The move comes just days after the Mexican government and the Trump administration reached an agreement on the subject of immigration that involved Mexico committing more fully to interdiction and protecting its small border with Guatemala, according to Reuters and DW.com.

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