Armed Mexican Troops Question U.S. Troops at Gunpoint Without Event, This Time
The incident ended with out event. The unidentified U.S. troops cooperated with the Mexican troops to deescalate a volatile situation.
20 Oct, 2018
More Troops Deploy to Support DHS/CBP Southwest Border Mission
1. DOD will deploy more than 5,000 active-duty personnel to aid the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to harden the southern border.
2. The mission is named Operation Faithful Patriot.
3 Today, we have about 800 soldiers who are on their way to Texas — coming from Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, Kentucky.
4 By the end of this week more than 5,200 soldiers will deploy to the Southwest border, joining 2,092 National Guardsmen participating in Operation Guardian Support.
5 The troop deployment will be in support of law enforcement with Customs and Border Protection. CBP has requested aid in air and ground transportation, and logistics support, as well as engineering capabilities and equipment to secure legal crossings, and medical support units.
As of 24 October, 2018, after the order was given in April, 2018 to deploy troops to the border, approximately 2,000 National Guard troops were been mobilized by their respective state governors to aid in a joint Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol mission along the southwest U.S border. Below is a look at service members in action:
Task Force Aviation and South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers provide airborne support to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during Operation Guardian Support in proximity of the southwest border with Mexico in McAllen, Texas, along the Rio Grande Valley.
Aerial view of the southwest border with Mexico in McAllen, Texas, along the Rio Grande Valley.
Task Force Aviation and South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers provide airborne support near the southwest border with Mexico in McAllen, Texas, along the Rio Grande Valley.
A Texas National Guardsman and a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent discuss the lay of the land on the shores of the Rio Grande River in Starr County, Texas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agents at the El Paso sector perform nonlethal training with Texas National Guard members from 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery Regiment who are deployed to the border region as part of the Joint Task Force Guardian Support Mission.