Mexico To Deploy National Guard To Southern Border, Fight Human Trafficking - Declaration

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th June, 2019) Mexico has pledged to take steps to curb the flow of illegal migrants through its border to the United States, including deploying the National Guard to its southern border and working to dismantle human smuggling and trafficking networks, the US-Mexican Joint Declaration read.

"Mexico will take unprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb irregular migration, to include the deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border. Mexico is also taking decisive action to dismantle human smuggling and trafficking organizations as well as their illicit financial and transportation networks," the declaration, released by the US State Department late on Friday, read.

"The United States and Mexico commit to strengthen bilateral cooperation, including information sharing and coordinated actions to better protect and secure our common border," the declaration added.