Migrants set fire in midnight camp raid in northern Mexico

Members of the Mexican National Guard in riot gear take part in an operation to remove migrants from a camp, as migrants burn their belongings, in Chihuahua, Chihuahua state, Mexico January 18, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (Reuters) - Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday.

The enforcement action near the U.S. border come just ahead of the inauguration on Monday of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has accused Mexico's government of not doing enough to curb migration to the U.S. and threatened sweeping tariffs.