Mexico says it is continuing to make arrests as part of its Operation Northern Border effort to crack down on drug smuggling networks.
Mexico’s security secretary, Omar García Harfuch, said Tuesday more than 1,000 people have been arrested as part of the operation since June 10. More than 4,000 suspects have been detained under the program since its start in February.
In the past two weeks, Harfuch said Mexico has also confiscated nearly 700 firearms as part of Operation Northern Border, which includes Mexico’s National Guard, Marines and attorney general.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration started the program shortly after the Trump administration threatened tariffs on Mexico if it doesn’t do more to stop the flow of fentanyl across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Former service members say the deployment of active-duty Marines to Los Angeles and the use of military personnel along the border pose legal and moral questions for military members. -
Upon entering office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump immediately enacted a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act to partially close the border. Migrants were completely barred from entering the U.S. to seek asylum. -
The Trump administration’s aggressive push to step up the pace of deportations has created renewed scrutiny of the murky boundaries between law enforcement, private security firms and local militias. -
Representatives from Mexico, Arizona and the diplomacy world gathered in Chandler to discuss the interlocked futures of the two states Friday. -
ICE data through June 15 shows the agency is detaining more than 56,000 people. That’s up from just over 50,000 a few weeks ago.
