Migrants. Trump sends 5,000 troops to the Mexican border

Donald Trump has made threats. More than 5,000 troops will be deployed this week at the Mexican border to prevent the "migrant caravan" from returning to the United States.

Responding to the demands of Donald Trump, the US military on Monday announced the dispatch of more than 5,000 troops to the Mexican border to block the entry into the territory of a caravan of Central Americans migrants fleeing violence and misery in their homes. country.

"By the end of the week, we will deploy more than 5,200 troops to the South-West border" to add to the nearly 2,100 National Guard personnel already mobilized, a conference presses General Terrence O'Shaughnessy. "This is only the beginning of this operation," added the commander of the North American military zone, confirming a figure much higher than the 800 mentioned last week.

This operation, dubbed "Patriot Faithful" , should strengthen border posts from Texas to California and provide logistical support to officers of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on other less protected areas .

In the context of legislative elections in the United States

"Border security is a national security issue and the US military will enhance CBP's ability to strengthen the border," said General O'Shaughnessy. "We will not allow a large group to enter the United States in a dangerous and illegal way," said Kevin McAleenan, CPB boss. "Right now, tens of thousands of migrants between the borders of Guatemala and the United States are moving towards us," he said, estimating the size of the two main groups at 7,000 and 3,500 people.

The US President has repeated in recent weeks that additional troops were needed at the US-Mexico border, using this caravan to defend his anti-immigration policy in the run-up to the parliamentary elections of November 6, which could be favorable to his opponents Democrats.

Many Gang Members and some very bad people are mixed in the Caravan heading to our Southern Border. Please go back, you will be admitted to the United States unless you go through the legal process. This is an invasion of our country and our military is waiting for you!

"Many gang members and very bad people have mixed up with the caravan heading to our southern border , " the US president tweeted Monday morning, reiterating unsubstantiated claims made last week.

"Our army is waiting for you"

"Please, turn around, you will not be allowed to enter the United States unless you follow the legal procedure ," he added. "This is an invasion of our country and our army is waiting for you , " warned the billionaire Republican who should hold eleven campaign meetings by the polls, according to a source familiar with the plans of the president.

In April, faced with the rise of another caravan of migrants, he ordered the dispatch of up to 4,000 members of the National Guard. Approximately 2,100 were deployed.

The powerful civil rights organization ACLU has denounced Trump's desire to "force the military to promote its anti-immigration and division agenda . "

"The sending of military forces to the Southeast border is a huge waste of taxpayers' money and an act that will terrorize and militarize the communities living on the border," said Shaw Drake, an adviser to the ACLU. El Paso, Texas.

Honduran killed by Mexican police

Mexican authorities have reported receiving 1,743 asylum applications since the entry of the caravan of 7,000 people, mostly Hondurans, into Mexican territory. She left Honduras on October 13th.

Thousands of people took a break on Sunday in Tapanatepec, Oaxaca, and left Monday morning for Mexico City to join the border. According to the NGO Pueblos Sin Fronteras, who travels with the migrants, the caravan had only 4,000 people on Sunday, some having decided to stop en route or having preferred to return to Central America.

Further south, on the border bridge, Mexican authorities have blocked the entry of thousands of Hondurans from Guatemala. Mexico has deployed anti-riot police and the Navy is preventing migrants from crossing the Suchiate River as had the caravan en route to the United States. Sunday, a Honduran died after being hit by a projectile, while the migrants tried to force the passage.