To appease US President Donald Trump in the migration dispute, Mexico wants to deploy 6,000 National Guardsmen on its southern border. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said this yesterday during talks with US officials in Washington.
This is to prevent the entry of Central American migrants on their way to the USA. The Mexican government wants to prevent with a set of concessions that Trump raises from Monday to punitive tariffs on Mexican imports.
„We still have no agreement,“ said Ebrard after the talks ended. Trump accuses the Mexican government of not acting vigorously enough against the illegal migration from Central America to the United States.
Customs should rise to 25 percent by October
He has therefore threatened to impose punitive tariffs on Mexican imports from Monday. These should initially be five percent and rise to 25 percent by October – if the Mexican authorities do not take measures that are sufficient from the point of view of the US government.
The Mexican government is trying to prevent the punitive tariffs. Yesterday she announced the blockade of bank accounts of a suspected smugglers‘ gang. The group had been involved in organizing refugee treks north, the Ministry of Finance said in Mexico City. Investigators from the ministry identified 26 alleged smugglers.
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
The Mexican authorities had also at least partially stopped Wednesday a new trek of hundreds of Central American migrants.
The number of people illegally crossing the US southern border has increased significantly in recent months. These are mostly people from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, who are fleeing poverty and violence in their countries. Most of them apply for crossing the US border asy
