US sends 220 soldiers into Mexico [Video]

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – American troops crossed into Juarez, Mexico, on Monday morning to take part in a joint disaster response exercise with the Mexican army.

The American GIs made their way in at least three buses over the Bridge of the Americas around 10:30 a.m. and were met by a caravan of Mexican army trucks and Juarez police on motorcycles. They were escorted to the Mexican Army’s 20th Motorized Cavalry Regiment headquarters in South Juarez.

Video taken by a Border Report camera crew shows military helicopters cross into Mexican airspace around 9:30 a.m. Witnesses said they included a large Chinook-type cargo helicopter and two Blackhawks.

Approximately 220 American soldiers under the command of Joint Task Force Civil Support of the U.S. Army’s Northern Command based in Fort Eustis, Virginia, will be taking part in Fuerzas Amigas 2024 in Juarez …