US to send 3,750 more troops to Mexico border: Pentagon

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 06, 2018 US Army troops enter a compound where the military is erecting an encampment near the US-Mexico border crossing at Donna, Texas. – The United States will send an additional 3,750 troops to its border with Mexico, the Pentagon said February 3, 2019, bringing the total number of active duty forces to 4,350. “The Department of Defense will deploy approximately 3,750 additional US forces to provide the additional support to CBP (Customs and Border Protection) at the southwest border that Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan approved Jan. 11,” it said. (Photo by Andrew Cullen / AFP)

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States will send an additional 3,750 troops to its border with Mexico, the Pentagon said Sunday, bringing the total number of active duty forces to 4,350.

“The Department of Defense will deploy approximately 3,750 additional US forces to provide the additional support to CBP (Customs and Border Protection) at the southwest border that Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan approved Jan. 11,” it said.

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