The North Border operation, which allowed the agreement between the governments of Mexico and the United States to avoid tariff increase between the two nations, began.
Since yesterday morning the deployment of 10,000 elements of the National Guard and the Mexican Army began, whose purpose is to stop the traffic of fentanil, stop the passage of weapons from the United States and guarantee the rights of migrants.
President Claudia Sheinbaum He made it clear that this mobilization will not impact other areas of the country. In fact, he said he will benefit both nations.
“We are not discovered; It is a reorientation, ”said the president, who added that the objective of the officers is to monitor customs so that drugs do not pass and will also strengthen road safety. “They also help us. It is also a beneficial agreement for Mexico. ”
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States, more than 100,000 people die per year due to drug overdose, mainly due to fentanyl. And for the United States, that drug comes from Mexico.
The Trump administration, with which they will eventually support dialogues in terms of safety and trade, has pledged to prevent the weapons that are manufactured in the United States to reach the hands of Mexican cartels.
In fact, the tariff truce includes reducing the circulation of weapons, in a context where thousands of murders are committed in Mexico every year, and most of them are with illegal weapons.

Since yesterday morning thousands of military were deployed at strategic points of the northern border to reinforce security. It is part of the agreement to pause the 25 %tariff increase. AFP/g. Arias
In that sense, the head of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), Alejandro Gertz Manero, revealed that a report by the Department of Justice acknowledges that 200 thousand weapons annually enter Mexico, and three quarters of them come from precisely from the United States.
The Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, said that the armor of the northern border will not affect security in other entities, especially in those in the south of the country.
After the start of the operation, President Claudia Sheinbaum met with business leaders, to whom she thanked the support shown in recent dates.
In addition, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, described as “historical” the agreement reached by the president of Mexico with Donald Trump.
He said there was no subordination and that Sheinbaum Pardo “gave a chair of diplomacy that the entire world has recognized.”
In turn, The Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, acknowledged that there is no guarantee that in 30 more days, the Republican tycoon imposes tariffs on Mexican exports, but confided that this period will be sufficient to negotiate, convince and get ahead.
“There are no. What there is is the time space for us to take advantage of it and we will take advantage of it. We are going to get ahead, just as two days ago they said ‘It is impossible’, they see that it is possible and so it will be within 30 days, ”he guaranteed.
The pact to pause to the increase in tariffs began yesterday. The private initiative and the governors of the country applauded the president’s negotiation.

Claudia Sheinbaum: “What do we win now? That pause, that month. And the dialogue, which was finally what we are looking for to convince the US government.” Sun/a. Sanchez
Claudia Sheinbau asks the business sector to accelerate Plan Mexico before truce
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, called on the business sector to accelerate the implementation of the Mexico Plan, after a truce was achieved in the imposition of tariffs announced by the president of the United States, Donald Trump. During a meeting in the National Palace, Sheinbaum thanked the businessmen for their support for the government and for the calls to the National Unity at a time of economic uncertainty.
In her message, the president highlighted the fundamental role played by the business chambers, which issued communications to support the federal government after the announcement of tariffs by Trump. Sheinbaum recalled that, while gathered with his cabinet to analyze the measures to be taken, he held key meetings with the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) and its main representatives.
“It is emotional to see them and see them here, gathered in this space. I thank Francisco Cervantes, president of the CCE, because he has allowed good coordination with the productive sector. Also to Altagracia Gómez Sierra, who has been a crucial link with the business sector, ”said Sheinbaum.
The president said that, once Donald Trump announced tariffs, government and businessmen decided to close ranks in defense of the national economy. “We gathered the team and started seeing different options. At the same time, we summon the Business Coordinating Council to define a joint route. That unit gave us enormous strength in negotiation ”, affirmed.
He stressed that the support of businessmen, as well as the support of governors and legislators of the United States, was decisive to achieve a truce in the imposition of tariffs. “None of this would have been possible without the work you did on the other side of the border, in coordination with your partners and allies,” He stressed.
The federal president reiterated her commitment to the productive sector and asked businessmen to accelerate the Mexico Plan, a comprehensive program that seeks to strengthen investment, infrastructure and economic growth in the country. “We are at a key moment for Mexico, and we have to take advantage of it. We will continue working together, putting the country’s development ahead and what unites us, ”he emphasized.
Sheinbaum also acknowledged that there may be differences with the private sector on certain issues, but insisted that priority is the welfare of the country. “There will be points where we do not match, and that is normal in a democracy. But the important thing is to focus on what we agree: the construction of a stronger and more prosperous Mexico ”, assured.
Finally, the president closed her speech with a message of unity and optimism. “Today I want to thank you for the heart. Your support has been key in this process. Let’s move on with determination, because Mexico needs us. Long live Mexico! ”He concluded.

“The plan will have more complete proposals, which may occur at all renegotiation tables. The idea is that each business sector represented in this strategy presents its proposals ”. Altagracia Gómez Sierra, Link of the Federal Government with the business sector. Sun/a. Sanchez
Historical Agreement
There is no subordination: from the source
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, described as historical the agreement reached by President Claudia Sheinbaum with Donald Trump.
He said that in this agreement there is no subordination and “the president gave a chair of diplomacy that the entire world has recognized.”
One month and counting
Now, to convince Donald Trump
After the tariff pause with the United States that he achieved on Monday, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said she won a month to convince her counterpart in the United States, Donald Trump, of the importance of dialogue, as well as staying as commercial partners.
- “What do we have to convince? First, that we are the region with the greatest potential in the world, which is not that one country subsidizes another, but that we are partners and that gives us a huge strength against other regions of the world. ”
- “As I have said, there will be things that we do not agree and nothing happens, for that is democracy, but we are going to put forward and more at such an important time where Mexico needs us and all Mexicans and Mexicans in what we agree and the construction of this great country or in the development of this great country that we are all proud and proud to belong ”.
- The Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard acknowledged that there is no guarantee that in 30 days President Donald Trump imposes the 25% tariffs on Mexican exports, but hoped that this period will be sufficient to negotiate, convince and get ahead.
- It was questioned about what is the guarantee that in a month the tariffs will not be applied.
- “There are no guarantees. What there is is the time space for us to take advantage and we will take advantage of it, ”replied the official who added:“ We are going to get ahead, just as two days ago they said it is impossible, they see that it is possible and so it will be inside 30 days ”.
- “The possibility that you convenient, you reach an agreement, territies in a cooperation plan opens and then the rates are not necessary. It is what we live in 2019 ”.
- The businessman Claudio X. González acknowledged the “cold head” of President Claudia Sheinbaum before the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and pointed out that a month is not enough before the pause of tariffs he achieved with the US government.
- After leaving a meeting of entrepreneurs with Sheinbaum in the National Palace, he also said that “the T-MEC review, scheduled for 2026.
- He acknowledged that the first step of a month was achieved in the pause, but there is “the second, the third and the fourth.”
- He stressed that the Mexico Plan, especially with a view to being in the top 10 of the world’s economies: “It must be landed precisely to achieve those objectives.”
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