{"id":2400855,"date":"2025-02-10T05:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-request-for-mexico-to-enhance-border-security-already-paying-dividends-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T05:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:32:55","slug":"trumps-request-for-mexico-to-enhance-border-security-already-paying-dividends-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-request-for-mexico-to-enhance-border-security-already-paying-dividends-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s request for Mexico to enhance border security already paying dividends &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-request-for-mexico-to-enhance-border-security-already-paying-dividends-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump \u200drecently pressured\u200b Mexico to \u2062enhance its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">border security<\/a> \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-meets-with-mexican-president-in-hopes-of-three-way-fentanyl-cooperation\/\" title=\"Biden meets with Mexican president in hopes of three-way ... co...\">combat \u2063fentanyl trafficking<\/a>,threatening tariffs if no action \u2064was taken.\u2064 In response, \u200bMexican President \u200cClaudia \u200dSheinbaum deployed 10,000 troops \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-border-patrol-chief-biden-admin-paying-contractors-millions-a-day-to-not-build-border-wall\/\" title=\"Ex-... Patrol Chief: Biden Admin Paying Contractors Millions A Day To Not Build ... Wall\">support border security<\/a> under\u200b Operation Northern\u200d Border, \u200cagreeing to halt\u200d tariffs for \u206330\u200c days. In just four days,the operation yielded positive \u2063results,including \u200d139 arrests and \u200cthe \u2064seizure\u200b of \u2064over eight kilograms\u200b of fentanyl,as well as various firearms and\u200b drugs\u200b in\u200c several states. Despite\u2063 these early successes, critics argue that the troop deployment is largely symbolic and question its effectiveness, suggesting\u200b that most fentanyl smuggling\u200b occurs at legal points of entry rather than illegal crossings. \u200cSome experts likened the strategy to \u200ca &#8220;Whac-a-Mole&#8221; approach, indicating that it might \u2064not address the root of the problem.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s request for Mexico to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-budd-introduces-bill-to-force-biden-to-build-the-border-wall\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Budd Introduces Bill To Force Biden To Build The ... Wall\">enhance border security<\/a> already paying dividends<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Less than a week ago, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> threatened Mexico with tariffs unless the country increased its efforts to subdue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fentanyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fentanyl<\/a> trafficking along the border. Heeding this warning, Mexican President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/claudia-sheinbaum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a> agreed to boost support in exchange for Trump postponing the tariffs for 30 days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As part of the agreement, Sheinbaum deployed 10,000 troops to enhance border security as part of the country&rsquo;s Operation Northern Border. It has only been a few days but so far, there have been positive results.<\/p>\n<p>Four days after its implementation, authorities have arrested 139 people and seized over eight kilograms of fentanyl, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cronicadexalapa.com.mx\/en-4-dias-139-detenidos-y-8-5-kilos-de-fentanilo-decomisados-con-operacion-frontera-norte\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>. Dozens of firearms and numerous other drugs were also seized as part of the operation, including cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine, through enforcement campaigns carried out in Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Baja California. Additionally, 16 properties and over 100 vehicles were taken by Mexican authorities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the early results have proved worthwhile thus far, Trump&rsquo;s deal with Sheinbaum also had its fair share of critics. Skeptics of the arrangement believed it would result in little positive, with some saying the move to deploy troops was more symbolic than anything.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a lot of shock and awe, but very little policy,&rdquo; Arturo Sarukhan, former Mexican ambassador to the U.S., told the <em>New York Times<\/em>. He said the new strategy to deter fentanyl smuggling might be pointless.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s Whac-a-Mole,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/07\/world\/americas\/mexico-trump-national-guard-deployment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.Hgow.V0YBwbAvX8Yv&amp;smid=tw-share\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Sarukhan. &ldquo;Most of the fentanyl goes through legal points of entry into the U.S., not between them, and that&rsquo;s where most troops will be deployed: at illegal points of entry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s call for Mexico to boost border security shows results<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2400856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/drugs-fentanyl-opioid-istock-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33709,3813,5370,3634],"class_list":["post-2400855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-security","tag-immigration","tag-mexico","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/drugs-fentanyl-opioid-istock-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400859,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400855\/revisions\/2400859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}