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Donald Trump has decided to suspend taxation on Mexico for a month, following talks with the country's president, Claudia Sheinbaum. The leader of the Latin country reportedly agreed to send 10,000 troops to control the border and curb illegal immigration to the US. In a statement, President Claudia said that the United States had “agreed to collaborate” to prevent large-caliber weapons from being trafficked into Mexico.

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Tariff on Mexico has been suspended for one month, after meeting with Sheinbaum lmao

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Apparently Mexico rushing 10000 troops to the border to stop drug flow and the white house may delay the tariffs until march as a result

And Suddenly , there is silence.

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An update from México's president Claudia Sheinbaum: The tarrifs on México have been delayed by one month to March 1-4 2025, in exchange México will deploy 10 000 National Guard troops to the México - US border to combat drug trafficking, in particular fentanyl. The United States committed to working on preventing the trafficking of high powered weapons to México.

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It looks like the threat of tarrifs, and potential military action, with the recent US Navy combat air patrols on the border, have extracted the first serious concessions from México. (unless you count the use of Mexican airspace for civilian aircraft deportation flights as the first). 10 000 Mexican National Guard troops being immediately deployed to the border is a more significant action than the US "committing to prevent weapons trafficking", which is just some nice words at the moment, no specifics or details are mentioned at this point. I wonder how long before we hear about concessions from Canada, I can't imagine them fighting this on their own. I think only China will hold out for long to be honest.

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Update on the US - México border: The United States Navy has started flying Combat Air Patrols (CAPs) along the border. The P-8A Poseidon aircraft was spotted on ADSB exchange and at local airbases, along with a refueling KC-46 aircraft. The P-8A is primarily used in anti submarine and anti ship warfare, along with being used for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), basically spying. It's armed with cruise missiles and torpedoes.

Why would this aircraft be used? I don't think that the United States is going to fire cruise missiles and torpedoes at the cartel yet. I think it's mainly for intelligence gathering purposes.

The P-8A has a hydrocarbon sensor designed to detect the diesel/petrol fuel emissions from submarines and ships. This could, in theory, be used to detect motor vehicle activity in México. The AN/APY-10 mechanically scanned radar is capable of using both synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and inverse synthetic aperture radar modes (ISAR), to provide high resolution two dimensional imagery, and/or three dimensional reconstructions of target areas on land. This could be used to detect changes in the landscape, such as tunnel construction, or to monitor movement with ISAR. The aircraft can also be equipped with the AN/APS-154 AAS AESA radar, which provides 360° coverage, and it's targeting capability is said to be sensitive enough to track a group of people crossing over open land. The AN/APS-154 AAS is also said to be able to track submarines while underwater through the slight disturbance of the water's surface, such a capability could be used to detect tunnel construction underground via surface disturbance maybe?

In any case, the US Navy conducting CAPs and ISR missions over the US - México border is an escalation. At the current rate of escalation, how long will it be before some US military personnel cross over the border to "raid the cartels"? This is a possibility that cannot be ruled out.