FILE PHOTO: Soldiers stand guard outside the National Migration Institute during a detention of 791 foreign migrants after they were found in trucks, in the eastern state of Veracruz, Mexico, June 15, 2019, in this still image taken from Reuters TV footage. REUTERS/Reuters TV
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will fully deploy National Guard forces on its southern border with Guatemala this week and vowed to crack down on human traffickers after nearly 800 people were found in transport containers headed for the U.S. border, officials said on Monday.
Under a deal signed 10 days ago with Washington, Mexico has promised to send 6,000 National Guard members to control the flow of migrants into the country from Central America. The deal gave Mexico 45 days to palpably cut the number of migrants traveling through its territory to the United States.
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