Mexican Troops

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  Donald Trump Renews Threat To Close Mexican Border, Send More Troops

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday again threatened to close part of the southern border and send more "armed soldiers" to defend it if Mexico did not block a new caravan of migrants traveling toward the United States.

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  US To Deploy Around 3,750 Additional Troops Along Mexico Border: Pentagon

  The United States will send an additional 3,750 troops to its frontier with Mexico, the Pentagon said on Sunday, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for a wall to boost border security.

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  Donald Trump Phones Mexico: Take Care Of 'Bad Hombres' Or US Might

  President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop "bad hombres down there" unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.

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  Mexico Quietly Marks 10 Years Of Drug War

  Ten years after Mexican troops were unleashed against drug cartels, the country will mark the anniversary without fanfare on Sunday, with murders rising again and the military eager to return to barracks.

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  Gunmen Fire at Mexico Army Helicopter, 3 Soldiers Killed: Official

  Gunmen fired at a Mexican military helicopter in western Jalisco state on Friday, killing three soldiers and wounding 12 troops and police as the aircraft made an emergency landing, the defense ministry said.

• Mexican Troops Face Civilian Trial For 22 Deaths

  Seven Mexican soldiers being held in the June killings of 22 suspected criminals will be tried by a civilian judge, three of them for homicide, federal justice officials said Sunday.

• Mexican Soldiers Allegedly Executed 12 Surrendered Suspects

  Mexican soldiers executed at least a dozen people who surrendered after a gunfight in June between troops and suspected criminals, a government human rights official said on Tuesday.

• Mexican Marines Capture Alleged Drug Gang Leader

  Marines detained one of the leaders of the La Familia drug gang who controlled Mexico State, near Mexico City, a top security official said Wednesday.

• Mexican troops in deadly clash with vigilantes

  Mexican federal forces launched an offensive Tuesday to take over security in a violence-torn western state, seizing a drug cartel's bastion and clashing with vigilantes who refused to disarm.

• Mexican troops kill four municipal workers in apparent mistake

  Troops shot dead four municipal workers returning from a shooting range in southwestern Mexico on Friday, apparently after mistaking them for criminals, a state official and residents said.

• Soldiers discover half-built tunnel near US border

  Mexican troops have discovered a 122 yard (111,5 metres) long tunnel apparently aimed at crossing the US border underground.