Vance hints at possible 'invasions of Mexico' at eyebrow-raising border press conference

Trump's top team rips into America's European allies - saying they 'loathe' having to 'bail out' the 'pathetic free-loaders': Astonishing text messages are leaked in security shambles that saw journal

Bombshell leaked messages have revealed the level of the contempt some of Donald Trump's key cabinet members feel for their 'free-loading' European allies. The secret Signal messages were mistakenly sent to Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic magazine In the the leaked exchanges US Vice President JD Vance is seen to remark: 'I just hate bailing Europe …

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JD Vance split with Trump in secret Signal war chat: 'I think we are making a mistake'

Daily Mail

Vice President JD Vance advised against a military strike in Yemen, according to a secret Signal chat about the proposed operation with President Donald Trump's national security team. U.S. Vice President JD Vance listens as President Donald Trump delivers remarks U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as military strikes are launched against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis The Vance user said that …

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FBI applauds Mexico’s arrest and handover of ’10 Most Wanted’ gang figure

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — FBI Director Kash Patel applauded Mexican authorities Tuesday for the arrest and handover of one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” suspects, an alleged gang leader from El Salvador. Mexico’s security chief Omar García Harfuch applauded the arrest Monday, which his agency said was the result of international cooperation. The Mara Salvatrucha was one of eight Latin …

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A ‘Trump whisperer’? Mexican president’s strategy faces its biggest test yet

LA Times

The president stood amid the admiring throngs and declared victory. Consigned to the rearview mirror, it would seem, is the “hugs not bullets” approach of her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who eschewed direct confrontations with cartels in favor of funding social programs in a mostly futile effort to deter vulnerable youth from joining organized crime — which …

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Is Mexico really requiring U.S. citizens to get a visa?

Hindustan Times

There have been social media posts claiming that Mexico is now requiring a visa for U.S. citizens travelling to the country. To clear up the confusion, NBC 7 has investigated the claims to determine whether U.S. citizens need a visa to visit Mexico. The consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles told Carlos González Gutiérrez shared with the media outlet, …

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Guatemala steps up patrols along border as US extends border security goals south

Associated Press

OCOS, Guatemala — As the United States government works to effectively extend its border security objectives south into Central America, countries like Guatemala have come under renewed scrutiny and pressure to step up their own border enforcement. The patrol was part of stepped up border operations since January, said Col. Juan Ernesto Celis. Ann Marie Argueta, spokeswoman for Guatemala’s defense …

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No date confirmed for possible India visit by US Vice President JD Vance

Hindustan Times

No dates have been firmed up yet for a possible visit to India by US Vice President JD Vance, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The people cited above, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said several factors could influence the timing of a possible visit to India by Vance. The Trump administration’s current focus on the Russia-Ukraine …

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3 weeks ago

Two armies, one goal: stopping Mexico-US migration

Raw Story

by Alexander Martinez On one side of the border, US soldiers unfurled barbed wire. Mexico and the United States have deployed thousands of troops to their 3,100-kilometer frontier since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, when he immediately declared a border "emergency." Yesterday there were none," a Mexican National Guard officer told AFP during a patrol on the …

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Vance promotes Trump’s ‘whole government’ immigration crackdown during visit to US-Mexico border

Associated Press

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Vice President JD Vance visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday and said that arrests for illegal crossings had fallen sharply because President Donald Trump is demanding that all of government prioritize the issue in ways his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, never did. “President Trump has empowered — and in fact demanded — that his whole government …

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Mexico Will Impose Retaliatory Tariffs On U.S. Goods

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Tuesday the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come. “No one wins with this decision.” Mexico’s president also noted that Trump on Monday said he respected her, and she said she respected him as well: “The …

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US to deploy 3,000 more troops to Mexico border as Donald Trump tightens immigration rules

Hindustan Times

The US is deploying around 3,000 additional active-duty troops to the Mexico border as President Donald Trump steps up efforts to tighten immigration controls and fulfil a key campaign promise. Border security is a key priority for President Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency at the US frontier with Mexico on his first day in office. The Pentagon said …

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Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times

Army soldiers await the arrival of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M., on Feb. 3. The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as President Trump seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration and fulfill a central promise of his campaign, U.S. officials said Saturday. Already, about 9,200 U.S. …

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Mexico says drug lords sent to US over 'national security'

Raw Story

Mexico handed over 29 alleged drug lords to the United States for reasons of national security and outside the countries' extradition treaty, the attorney general said Friday. Gertz and Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said the decision to use a national security law instead of the extradition treaty followed reports that some of the suspects could be freed by courts. …

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Mexico extradites 29 cartel suspects to US amid Trump’s tariff threats

Firstpost

Mexican authorities confirmed officials handed over 29 cartel figures to the U.S. The decision follows ongoing threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose across-the-board tariffs on Mexican goods, which he said on Thursday would take effect on March 4. This move comes amid ongoing threats from US President Donald Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexican goods, which he …

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Under pressure from Trump, Mexico extradites cartel kingpins

Raw Story

by Daniel Rook Mexico on Thursday extradited some of its most notorious imprisoned drug lords to the United States in a bid to avert sweeping tariffs, including a cartel kingpin wanted for decades over the murder of a US undercover agent. Trump has designated eight Latin American drug trafficking organizations -- including six Mexican cartels -- terrorist organizations. "As President …

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Texas rancher killed by suspected Mexican drug cartel IED

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Mexico president hopeful of deal this week to avert U.S. tariffs

Raw Story

Mexico's president said Monday she was optimistic about reaching an agreement with Donald Trump this week to avoid sweeping U.S. tariffs, hinting at possible levies on Chinese goods to secure a deal. Claudia Sheinbaum said talks with Washington would continue this week in an effort to avoid the 25 percent tariffs that Trump agreed on February 3 to "pause" for …

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'Dangerous and bigoted': Trump accused of sneaking violent triggers into executive orders

Raw Story

When it comes to talking about immigrants, the word “invasion” is both explosive and inaccurate, experts and human rights advocates say. Just in the waning weeks of January, Trump issued two executive orders using the language — “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion” and “Protecting the American People Against Invasion.” On Thursday, more than 80 civil and human rights organizations …

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Mexico reviewing request from cartel leader jailed in the US to be sent back

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government is reviewing a petition by Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of the Sinaloa cartel who is jailed in the United States, to be returned to Mexico for trial, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday. Sheinbaum noted that Mexico’s attorney general was already investigating the circumstances of how Zambada was arrested in the U.S. with …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mexico says won't accept US 'invasion' in fight against cartels

Deccan Chronicle

Mexico City: Mexico's president warned the United States on Thursday her country would never tolerate an "invasion" of its national sovereignty and vowed fresh legal action against US gunmakers after Washington designated cartels as terrorist organizations. The eight Latin American drug trafficking groups designated as terrorist organizations include Mexican gangs such as the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels -- …

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U.S. official says drone flights over Mexico may signal future strikes

LA Times

Members of the Sinaloa cartel lighted vehicles on fire after Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged member of the drug gang, in a pre-dawn operation outside the city of Culiacan in 2023. In recent days, the Trump administration has ramped up CIA surveillance drone flights over Mexico, formally designated drug cartels as “foreign terrorist” groups and floated the …

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Mexico to reform constitution in wake of US terrorism designations

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she will propose constitutional reforms aimed at protecting Mexico’s sovereignty after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The U.S. designations have stirred worry in Mexico that it could be a preliminary step toward U.S. military intervention on Mexican territory in pursuit of the …

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Mexico’s Sheinbaum vows to protect national sovereignty as US cracks down on cartels in its territory

CNN

CNN — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she’ll propose reforms to the country’s constitution aiming to reinforce the nation’s sovereignty, after the US designated several Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations – a move that could potentially lay the groundwork for direct US strikes inside Mexican territory. The US has been covertly flying MQ-9 Reaper drones inside Mexican airspace to …

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Mexico president says her government requested US surveillance drone flights

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that surveillance drone flights by the U.S. government over Mexico are occurring in collaboration with and at the request of her government. They come as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has increased pressure on Mexico to do more to stop the production of the synthetic opioid fentanyl that is smuggled north …

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Column: Trump's true motive for renaming Gulf of Mexico

LA Times

President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on his first day back in the White House. Before President Trump, the most high-profile call to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico came from Stephen Colbert, who joked on his Comedy Central show in 2010 that the body of water should be referred to as the Gulf of …

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'Can't rule out espionage': Mexico wary as Trump launches secret missions against cartels

Raw Story

The CIA has already been carrying out President Donald Trump's orders to conduct missions against drug cartels in Mexico, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. "The missions, which have not been previously reported, come as the Trump administration moves to treat transnational drug cartels as terrorist organizations — a designation it has yet to officially make," the network …

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CIA flying covert drone missions into Mexico to spy on drug cartels

CNN

CNN — The CIA under President Donald Trump has been covertly flying MQ-9 Reaper drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels, current and former officials familiar with the matter told CNN, part of Trump’s dramatic reorientation of national security assets to the US southern border. But a spokesperson said that broadly “countering drug cartels in Mexico and regionally is …

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Mexico threatens to pursue legal actions against US gunmakers, accusing them of being accomplices of cartels

Firstpost

US President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have clashed over the proposed renaming of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. AP/Reuters Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a fresh warning to US gunmakers that they could face legal action as accomplices of organized crime if Washington designates the country’s cartels as terrorist groups. “If they declare these criminal …

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Mexico threatens U.S. gunmakers with fresh legal action

Raw Story

Mexico's president on Friday warned U.S. gunmakers they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican cartels as terrorist groups. She said the US Justice Department itself has recognized that "74 percent of the weapons" used by criminal groups in Mexico come from north of the border. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that …

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US says 5,000 soldiers deployed along Mexico border, could increase further

Al Jazeera

General says US has also stepped up surveillance of cartels in Mexico, raising concerns about possible military strikes. A United States general has announced there are currently about 5,000 active-duty soldiers along the country’s southern border with Mexico, as part of President Donald Trump’s overall push to crack down on immigration. “That is primarily through airborne ISR to get more …

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Mexican troop deployment met with skepticism on U.S. border

Raw Story

by Jean Arce Mexican armed troops guard the fence snaking along the U.S. border as part of a deal with President Donald Trump, who delayed tariffs on Mexico in exchange for increased efforts against illegal migration and fentanyl smuggling. They are political agreements," said Armando Jauregui, a 35-year-old Mexican who works at a duty-free shop next to the Tijuana-San Diego …

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Mexico deploys the first of 10,000 National Guard troops to US border after Trump’s tariff threat

Associated Press

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump. Patrols were Mexican National Guard members carry a ladder they found while on patrol …

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Mexico deploys the first of 10,000 National Guard to US border after Trump's threat of tariffs

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Mexico deploys the first National Guard troops to U.S. border after tariff threat

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Mexico deploys the first National Guard troops to U.S. border after tariff threat toggle caption Christian Chavez/AP CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by …

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Mexico begins deploying 10,000 troops on US border to push back Trump's tariff

Firstpost

Trump has long been threatening to impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would appear to violate a free-trade deal Dogs are seen near a border wall separating Mexico from the United States in San Diego. AP Mexico …

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Mexico begins deploying 10,000 troops on US border to push back Trump's tariff

Firstpost

Trump has long been threatening to impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would appear to violate a free-trade deal Dogs are seen near a border wall separating Mexico from the United States in San Diego. AP Mexico …

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Terrifying tactics used by the cartel to target border agents as Trump cracks down

Daily Mail

Drug cartels in Mexico are reportedly targeting US Border Patrol agents with explosives and kamikaze drones. It read: 'On February 1, 2025, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center received information advising that Mexican cartel leaders have authorized the deployment of drones equipped with explosives to be used against US Border Patrol agents and US military personal currently working …

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Texas National Guard can now arrest and detain people who illegally enter the US

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement with the Trump administration that expands the military’s role in immigration enforcement. Greg Abbott gave Texas Guard members the power to arrest migrants on trespassing charges in 2021, but that order was limited to encounters on border landowners’ …

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Mexican president reveals U.S. concession Trump failed to mention as tariffs paused

Raw Story

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo issued a "read-out" of her call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday — but her list of what the two leaders agreed to is different from his in one major respect: guns. Washington Post staff writer Meryl Kornfield pointed out on X that in Sheinbaum's list of things the U.S. had committed to do …

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Donald Trump and Mexico’s President strike deal: Tariffs paused for a month, Mexico to deploy troops to border

Live Mint

US President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he had a productive conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, during which they agreed to pause the tariffs for one month to allow time for high-level negotiations. agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco …

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Mexico on Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs: ‘Coordination, yes; subordination, no’

Hindustan Times

Hours after US President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China while citing a "major threat" from illegal immigration and drugs, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo rejected the “White House's slander” against her government." Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Blasting the US suggestion of criminal alliances in her government, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo …

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With plans in the works and troops on the way, military assumes a mostly familiar role on the border

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Dozens of Marines unfurled coils of concertina wire — one on the ground and one slightly above — making it more difficult to climb a border wall separating Tijuana from San Diego. U.S. Marines install barbed wire along the border fence Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in San Diego. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit …

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Pete Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico: 'All options will be on the table‘

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has refused to …

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Trump is discussing military strikes against Mexican drug cartels, Pete Hegseth suggests

Daily Mail

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are open to using military force like airstrikes and special forces against drug cartels in Mexico. This could mean an array of different military tactics could be used against the criminal groups Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which operates 23 of Mexico's 32 states and its capital, Mexico City, has expanded its drug trade …

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How Trump calling immigration an ‘invasion’ could help him stretch the law

CNN

CNN — No longer just campaign trail rhetoric, President Donald Trump’s insistence that immigration to the United States amounts to an “invasion” may be critical to unlocking extraordinary powers as the administration carries out his deportation agenda. Some orders signed by Trump last week use “Invasion” in their titles, and one proclamation is built specifically around a constitutional provision that …

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Air Force deportation flight skirts Mexican airspace to Guatemala as military’s border role grows

New Indian Express

A US Air Force jet with 80 migrants that left Texas for Guatemala on Thursday charted a path around Mexico because it couldn’t fly over the country, according to a U.S. official. “The message that we have for those people is that if you cross the border illegally, we are going to deport you to your country of origin in …

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Air Force deportation flight skirts Mexican airspace to Guatemala as military’s border role grows

Associated Press

A U.S. Air Force jet deported 80 migrants shackled at their wrists and ankles to Guatemala on Thursday, detouring around Mexican airspace because U.S. military overflights require more advance notice than the Trump administration can give as it rapidly accelerates deportations. Avoiding Mexican airspace had been routine for the U.S. military even before its aircraft began assisting with deportations, the …

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